Bukayo Saka has now missed Arsenal’s last three games in all competitions and Mikel Arteta has provided the latest injury update on his star winger.
Yes, they have a huge and very talented squad, but Arsenal fans will certainly be hopeful that Saka is back very soon to help their charge to win four trophies this season.
What happened?
In the warm up before Arsenal’s win at Leeds last Saturday, Bukayo Saka went down with an injury and he had to be omitted from the starting lineup and the squad.
His teammates did him proud as he watched on, as they ran out 4-0 winners at Leeds.
A video taken from the ground showed Saka not looking comfortable as he left the warm up with a physio and walked down the tunnel. Saka was replaced in the lineup by Noni Madueke who started on the right wing for Arsenal instead.
Madueke was superb in Saka’s absence but losing Bukayo Saka for any stretch of time would be a big blow for Arsenal’s title hopes.
Bukayo Saka injury news, latest update
Here is the latest update on Bukayo Saka’s injury from Mikel Arteta, as he was speaking to the media ahead of their home game against Sunderland.
“His hip is getting much better. Hopefully very soon he will be with us,” Arteta said of Saka’s injury. He also said “very, very soon” when pressed on a return date for Saka.
The Gunners are next in action at Brentford on Thursday, so perhaps we will see Saka off the bench in this game.
But with Madueke standing tall in his place, Arsenal have a brilliant back-up and can’t afford to risk Saka being out injured for a longer period. There should be no rush.
Arteta has managed this situation correctly as the Gunners have plenty of big games coming up that Saka will play a huge part in.
