Arsenal worry as forward joins Bukayo Saka on injury list after 'undergoing MRI' over 'calf pain'
Gabriel Martinelli possesses joined Bukayo Saka as an injury misgiving for Arsenal forward of Saturday’s Premier League clash versus Bournemouth.
Saka hopped off rapidly after England conceded versus Greece last Thursday and also missed out on Sunday’s win over Finland.
He went advice to Arsenal for even more screening yet the north London nightclub have let loose no simplify.
Using his correct winger not surprisingly unfit to confront Bournemouth this weekend, Mikel Arteta could also be without his vacated winger Martinelli.
Martinelli was loved to Dorival Junior’s squad for the 2026 Earth Cup qualifiers versus Chile and also Peru after missing out in September.
The 23-year-ratty possesses initiated the period flawlessly, including in all 10 of the Gunners’ fixtures in 2024/25, scoring and also leading twice.
He came off the pew in Friday’s victory over Chile yet picked upward an injury over the weekend, delivering an injury spook for Arsenal.
Martinelli possesses remained in Brazil and also was sent for an MRI scan to review a correct calf bone priority.
Rather than reverting to Arsenal early, Martinelli will conceivably receive even more treatment from the Brazil clinical personnel and also will conceivably surely not amenity versus Peru in Brasilia on Tuesday night.
A review from the Brazilian football association stated: “Player Gabriel Martinelli regreted of unhappiness in his correct calf bone and also undertook an MRI on Sunday night which showed a miniscule suspension of muscle edema in the suspension.
“The consultant athlete lingers to amass started on physiotherapy treatment under the care of the Brazilian national crew’s clinical department.”
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Chatting previously this month, Martinelli stated Saka is one of the spic players in the planet correct presently.
“He’s preposterous, and also one of the spic players in the planet correct presently,” stated Martinelli of his fellow winger.
“He’s a in truth nice individual as flawlessly so we’re in truth sound to have him under as one of the captains.
“It was an preposterous ball from Bukayo and also I was there to seniority. It was a in truth nice moment for me and also a nice eagerness.”
Using Saka integral to the Gunners’ vivid prelude to the period, Kai Havertz possesses also added, and also on Saturday he came to be the first player offered that Robin van Persie in 2012 to seniority in seven consecutive suits at the Emirates – a hot touch which stretches advice to Arsenal’s final gallery of last period.
“You can tell he is playing using self-resoluteness,” stated Mikel Arteta of the previous Chelsea striker. “He seizes the ball and also he runs using the ball, he goes complete petroleum in the high press, he holds the ball.
“He’s practising every day offered that he desires added. He’s not fulfilled. There is still an additional level from him. He’s encircled by breathtaking players yet something possesses switched over in him and also you can in truth thumbing that self-resoluteness in him.
“Now he’s placing it in arcades and also he’s pleasing football suits, which is nice.”
