Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Saka returns to Arsenal for medical assessment

Bukayo Saka will not be part of the England squad for tomorrow’s Nations League friendly with Finland in Helsinki.

After picking up a muscular problem in Thursday’s 2-1 defeat to Greece at Wembley, it’s been agreed the player should return to Arsenal for assessment.

Saka appeared to be in discomfort after the Greeks scored the first of their two goals and limped from the field on 50 minutes.

In all likelihood, we won’t get an update on his fitness from the club until Friday when Mikel Arteta faces the media ahead next weekend’s trip to Bournemouth.

In the absence of Martin Odegaard, who suffered an Interlull injury of his own last month, Saka has been integral to Arsenal’s positive start to the season.

The 23-year-old has seven assists and three goals to his name in 10 appearances. He’ll be sorely missed if we have to rest him, but let’s see how things play out.

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Al alontos

Hmm

Johnny 4 Hats

Great point.

Dada

Indeed.

Ebo

I disagree.

Ealing

Me too

ScotchEggsRule

Seconded.

yes

After a week of not knowing whether he’ll be okay to start at Bournemouth it sure will be nice to get that update from Arteta on Friday so we can continue to have no idea whether he’ll be okay to start at Bournemouth.

C.B.

Liverpool after Bournemouth, on the 27th, at the least let’s hope he is fit and well for that match, and beyond.

Johnny 4 Hats

Arsenal are just getting lucky!

  • Our two best players injured in meaningless international friendlies
  • Back-to-back sendings off for kicking the ball away
  • Scraping to win games where the xG is obscenely in our favour.

People who say these things really better hope we don’t start getting lucky.

Vonnie

At least he’s home. I really hope this is just a scare.

Russ

These absolutely shite, pointless international games are a joke. I fully appreciate every country has their national team but I find so many of these games pointless. We’ve only just finished the euros, so many players dropping like flys.

Hurensohn

All international games should be kept together in a 2 month block after the season has ended. That way these injuries affect the international teams rather than the club teams. Scattering them around like this makes no sense..

Dada

That suggestion has been raised a fair few times by most of us but FIFA knows, I suspect no one will care.

Emi Rates

I think interlulls should just be cancelled outright. They used to be special and rare but nowadays you can’t fucking avoid them even when trying to. The whole concept has lost its meaning. I wouldn’t miss them if they were abolished.

As for that cunt who heads the England team now, someone should kick his arse for poaching our players so he can sacrifice them at his pointless internationals next time he turns up at the Emirates.

Henrik

My words.

Stonks

I’d drop him for the Bournemouth game, even the one against inter

Mesut O’Neill

Drop is a harsh word, rest is more appropriate.

mistercp

We ‘should’ be able to go to Bournemouth without Saka and get a result, it’s just Jesus’ form creates an even bigger drop-off in quality. Sterling wide right?

Dr. Gooner

Depends who else is available and where MA sees this game being won. We are in a phase now of less predictability and greater adaptability. Bournemouth away is not an easy out. They are one of the top pressing teams in the league. Without Odegaard, I suspect MA will do what he did CS the similarly aggressive Spurs and Atalanta: simply go over them to Havertz, have the midfield be ready for the second balls and create chances that way. I suspect he will continue with using two up top and two in midfield. He could also say screw that,… Read more »

Rufusstan

Lets take no risks here, I’m worried that it cannot be too minor because if it was Carsley would never let him go. If there is any worry, give him a rest next weekend so he’s fully fit before we play him again. With Jesus and Sterling we now have options, at least for one game.

Odinelli

Never understand why it takes so long for them to send the player back to the club where the medical staff have full medical history and local specialists.

NashvilleGunner

Break out the horse placenta!

Wrightwrightwright

At least he can finally get a rest – every cloud and all that

Henrik

At least hes not with the fucking national team. Can we stop playing national games mow?

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