Arsenal summer signing Christos Tzolis could be set to make his comeback from injury next week, according to a report.
After picking up an injury with Greece over the international break, Arsenal summer addition Christos Tzolis has missed the Gunners’ last four games in all competitions. He’ll miss a fifth on Saturday afternoon, as he won’t be available to face Everton.
But the winger is seemingly edging closer to a comeback now, with Ryan Taylor reporting for Football.London that there’s a realistic chance Tzolis could be back in the squad against Liverpool next weekend.
Taylor adds that if Tzolis makes progress this weekend, he even has an outside chance of making the squad against Fleetwood Town on Tuesday. But in light of Bukayo Saka’s injury, Arsenal aren’t going to take any risks with Tzolis’ fitness.
Even after Saturday’s game against Everton, Arsenal still have four matches to play before the next set of internationals.
If Tzolis can play some part against Fleetwood Town or Liverpool next week, he’d then presumably be available for the trip to Slavia Praha and the home game against Hull City too.
At the very least, there appears to be little doubt that Tzolis will be available for the tricky run of games after the break, with the Gunners facing Newcastle United (A), Borussia Dortmund (H), Manchester City (H), Brentford (A), Spurs (A), and Real Madrid (H) in consecutive fixtures.
That’s assuming Greece don’t reinjure Tzolis over the November break, with games away to the Netherlands (November 13th) and at home to Serbia (November 16th) coming up.
Greece started Tzolis in every match over the September-October break, up until he got injured. Hopefully this time he’ll get at least one rest.
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