Arsenal lose Bukayo Saka for ‘many weeks’ with hamstring injury

Arsenal person suffered a important wounded rustle pinch Bukayo Saka group for a spell connected the sidelines aft suffering a hamstring issue.

Saka was substituted conscionable 24 minutes into the play triumph complete Crystal Palace after sustaining the problem.

Manager Mikel Arteta suggested he was fearing a agelong lay-off aft the 5-1 triumph and has now confirmed that the Arsenal prima is group for “many weeks” retired pinch a torn hamstring.

“It’s not looking good,” Arteta said of Saka’s wounded up of Arsenal’s travel to Ipswich. “He’s going to beryllium retired for galore weeks.

“It’s a immense rustle but it’s going to beryllium a large workout for america to flooded different challenge. I’m very optimistic he’ll beryllium backmost earlier the extremity of the season.

“[It’s] different portion of the improvement of a player. At immoderate shape astatine this level you’re going to get injured. Unfortunately, badly. It could person been overmuch worse. It could person been thing other that tin return you retired for a year.

“It is what it is. He’s injured, we cannot alteration it. We’re going to usage this clip now to thief him.

Saka has been successful sparkling caller shape to support Arsenal’s hopes of a title tilt alive. The London nine way Premier League leaders Liverpool by six points and person played a crippled much than Arne Slot’s side.

His absence comes astatine a peculiarly hectic time, too, pinch Saka apt to miss the Carabao Cup semi-final against Newcastle and FA Cup 3rd information conflict pinch Manchester United early successful January.

The 23-year-old besides seems group to beryllium ruled retired of the northbound London derby connected 15 January.

Arteta besides confirmed that Raheem Sterling, a imaginable replacement to Saka successful the guardant line, will miss a fewer weeks of action. The erstwhile England world injured himself successful training up of the Crystal Palace game.