Mikel Arteta confirmed that Gabriel Martinelli would be sent to scan on an apparent lower leg injury He picked up on Wednesday at Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat of Newcastle United.
The rifles were whisked by the same result In both legs of their semifinals Karabao Cup, but they suffered an extra blow over the loss of Martinelli late in the first half after the wing player withdrew and had to leave the field.
With Bukayo Sakak and Gabriel Jesus already in the midst of extensive injury release, Arsenal Can another significant loss of the IS eagerly await the results of scanning at Martinelli’s edition.
“He felt something, I think it was his knees and he wasn’t comfortable to continue,” Artely revealed after the game. “So tomorrow we will have to make MRI scanning to see the scope of the injury.”
The artea is already expressed his disappointment According to Arsenal’s lack of infections during January, the transition window after losing both Saka and Jesus. Any magic on the side for Martinelli would leave Kai Havertz, Raheem Sterling, Leandro Trossard and Ethan Nwaneri as the only available options for Arteta.
In order to try to help recovery, Arsenal will fly to a warm weather camp on Thursday, which Arteta hopes to rejuvenate his side before returning to action against Leicester City on February 15th.
“We have to swallow this one, it’s hard,” Arteta continued. “We had a lot of expectations, we knew the difficulty in the task because of the results we brought from London, but we cannot do anything right now.
“What we could do is that we were on the field a few minutes ago, now we have to look forward to. First of all I think this will be painful, and while we are in Dubai, fill up, and then start again because we start again we have a lot more to play. “
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