Bukayo Saka He underwent surgery on a hamstring injury and will be sidelined until March. Arsenal Boss Mikel Arteta confirmed on Friday.
23 years old sustain a tear He suffered a muscle strain in his right leg during the first half of last Saturday’s 5-1 win Crystal Palace.
“He had a method, everything was fine,” Arteta told a news conference after Arsenal Victory over Ipswich. “But unfortunately he will be out for many, many weeks.”
Pushed further to clarify an exact timeframe, Arteta said: “I said ‘several weeks’ so I think it will be more than two months. I don’t know exactly how long. I think it will depend on how the scar tissue is. The first week. Starting to recover, it’s very difficult to tell the dynamics.”
Gunners acted in Saka’s absence Kai HavertzHis 23rd-minute close-range finish was enough to propel Arteta’s side into second place, six points behind. Premier League the leaders Liverpool.
Arteta was more enthusiastic about Raheem SterlingArsenal’s post-protest initially feared the winger would be sidelined for a long period of time due to a knee problem.
“I like the news with Raj,” he said. “We’ll have to see how he develops this week, but we expected the knee injury to take longer than the way it has developed in the last few days. That’s good because we need him.”
