Granit Xhaka returned from his three-card suspension picked up against Manchester City and promptly picked up an injury.
To be fair, it was an unfortunate injury.
Thomas Partey bundled Lucas Moura over and, as the Spurs man fell, he landed on Xhaka’s leg, bending his knee and ankle in opposite directions.
It was immediately clear that the news would not be good and he hasn’t been seen in an Arsenal shirt since that game at the end of September.
Now back in individual training, Xhaka has been speaking to the media about the injury.
“I hope to celebrate my comeback as soon as possible,” Xhaka told the Swiss publication, Blick.
“I’ve been gone seven weeks and a few days now.”
They then confirmed that Xhaka tore both his inner and outer ligament in his knee, before the 29-yer-old added, “the bone was also broken twice.
“The problem with the bone is that it takes so long. I hope to be back in the next three or four weeks. ”
Arsenal have repeatedly said that Xhaka would not be back until next year so if he does make it before the start of 2022, that would represent an early return from what was a very nasty injury.
Next year, you’ll be able to see just how that was possible…
