LONDON (AP) – Arsenal winger Bukayosaka’s latest hamstring injury will keep him out for “a few weeks,” manager Mikel Arteta said Friday ahead of a Premier League match at Liverpool.
Sunday’s match at Anfield is an early clash of title contenders, but the gunners Defending Champion major players including Captain Martin Odegard.
The midfielder hurts the shoulder inside Arsenal’s 5-0 victory Leeds last weekend
“He’s not trained yet. If he does, it’ll be tomorrow,” Arteta said. “He’s doing everything he can. We’re doing everything we can to make him available, but we have to wait tomorrow. …If everything goes well, he can handle it.”
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Saka, who also played in Leeds, missed over three months last season due to a hamstring tear that required surgery.
“No surgery (this time), it’s not as bad as it was before,” Arteta said, adding that it’s not the same legs. “He’ll be out for a few weeks.”
Arsenal finished runner-up against Liverpool last season.
Kai Havertz Update
Kai Herberts underwent knee surgery on Thursday after being injured in the season-opening game at Manchester United.
“I think it’s going to be a few weeks, but I don’t know how many months it will be,” Arteta said of the forward’s return timeline. “He went very well to recover from what he was before. …We lost another big player for weeks, but (surgery) was the right thing to do.”
Havertz missed several months last season with a hamstring injury.
German International provided its own updates on its social media account on Friday.
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