Arsenal will face their North London rivals Tottenham after the international break, the match will be played on this sunday on 15th september.
The Gunners will be playing against Tottenham without some of their important players and one of them is their captain.
Martin odegaard and Riccardo Calafiori are the two players that got injured during the international break
While playing for their country and they might not be available for few months.
This season the Gunners have not lost a single game,
They are currently unbeaten and they would like to maintain this record as long as they can.
But they did draw their last game against Brighton, 1-1 draw after a controversial red card to Declan Rice.
Arsenal want to keep their unbeaten record running even after the international break,
The manager Mikel Arteta does not want the team’s current performance to be ruined after the international break when the Premier League restarts.
Arsenal got hit hard by the injury situation
There are lot of Arsenal players which are currently away on international duty, including Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, William Saliba and Martin Odegaard.
All these players are important for the team and they have already lost their captain
As he is now injured and will not be available for the upcoming game against Tottenham.
According to some reports, it is been confirmed that Raheem Sterling will be in the starting XI against Tottenham this sunday
And it will be the debut game of Sterling for the Gunners.
There are also reports that Mikel Merino can also start the game but there are no confirmation for that
As the spaniered have not recovered from the injury yet and he might not be fit to play the game.
All the Arsenal fans are worried after watching their captain getting injured during the international break playing for his country in UEFA Nations League qualifiers match.
Odegaard left the pitch in tears after getting injured and the injury is serious as the midfielder might be out for weeks.
The midfielder started the match against Austria in Nations League match.
Everything was going great for the Gunner’s captain until the 67th minute,
Where the midfielder was challenged from the Austrian midfielder Christoph Baumgartner,
Due to this challenge the player’s foot got stuck in the turf which caused a very nasty injury,
Medical staff of Norway rushed to the pitch as soon as the play got stop
As they also figured it out before the player could call them,
The medical staff gave the treatment to the player on the pitch
And it was decided to sub the midfielder as he was in condition to play the rest of the game.
Gunners will play without their captain for few months
The Arsenal captain was unable to stand himself on his feets, so the medical staff gave help to the player to help him to stand on his feet.
The midfielder was clearly in a lot of pain and was unable to walk and was substituted.
The player was leaving the pitch in tears as he did not wanted to get injured especially at a point where Arsenal needs him the most.
Other than Arsenal captain, their new signing Riccardo Calafiori has also been released for the national team of Italy because the defender is also injured,
The defender suffered an injury in the match against France,
The Calafiori was caught by the French attacker Ousmane Dembele.
According to the reports, the injury situation of Calafiori is not bad,
It is to be expected that the player might be available for the match against Tottenham
But the manager might not give the start to the player, he will be using him as a substitute.
There are also some chances that Mikel Arteta might use some other players that he have not yet given any game time.
As it will be the perfect opportunity to use them and see what they can do for this
Or are they ready to play this season as the stakes are too high for Gunners.
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