Mikel Arteta has come out to give update concerning Bukayo Saka injury which isn’t looking good for the team this season.
The Arsenal manager had some bad news concerning the player who might be facing a lengthy time away from active playing after his injury.
Bukayo Saka will miss Arsenal’s Premier League clash against Everton after suffering a serious left quadriceps injury during the mid-week Champions League tie against Bayern Munich.
The 25-year-old winger was forced off just 10 minutes into Arsenal’s 2-2 draw at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday in Germany.
The injury occurred unopposed as Saka experienced a sharp pain in his thigh immediately after executing a long-range pass.
He clutched his upper leg in obvious distress and had to be substituted for Eberechi Eze as the encounter carried on.
According to Fabrizio Romano, he confirmed the latest update which Mikel Arteta gave during his press conference ahead of Everton match.
“Bukayo Saka could be our for minimum 6 weeks as more scans will take place today, SamiMokbel_BBC reports.
They also confirmed Mikel Arteta statement which said: “It doesn’t look good.
“Bukayo has another MRI this afternoon because he had quite a lot of fluid in the area so it was difficult to understand the extent of the injury, but we’ll know more probably tomorrow.
“Again, we need a few more scans and opinions from specialist.
It is not looking good for Arsenal as they could be playing for a long time without the England international who could be out for months.
However, the club are very positive and hoping the situation won’t be worst than it already look for them after the first tests that were carried out.
Bukayo Saka is already working on his recovery while further test will be carried out to get ahead of the situation and make his comeback as quickly as possible.
