Arsenal Injury News Archives: 10/2018

Arsenal are set to make a host of changes for their Carabao Cup game against Blackpool with a few enforced due to injury. Injury blow…

Mohamed Elneny’s Instagram story suggests he’s suffered an injury, ahead of Arsenal’s Carabao Cup clash with Blackpool on Wednesday.

Hector Bellerin was taken off at halftime against Crystal Palace on Sunday because of a muscular problem that is not likely to keep him sidelined for any serious amount of time.

Freddie Ljungberg admits Ainsley Maitland-Niles is a little rusty at the moment, after a couple of months out, but thinks the academy graduate did well enough in his first game back.

Konstantinos Mavropanos has revealed that he’ll be ‘back soon’ in an social media post this weekend, which is great news considering the limited centre-back options available to Unai Emery recently.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles played 68 minutes for the Arsenal u23s on Friday, as he continues his recovery from a fracture he suffered in August.

Laurent Koscielny has returned to full training ahead of a first-team return next month.

Unai Emery says that Laurent Koscielny is starting to join full training with the first team for some things, a development which he describes as ‘very positive’.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos has hinted that he could be back from injury sooner than expected, with Arsenal’s official line that he’s still being assessed ahead of Monday’s Leicester City match.

Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that Jack Wilshere has suffered yet another injury setback, with his ankle problem not recovering as quickly as hoped.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Petr Čech are both doubts for Arsenal’s clash with Leicester City at this stage, as they recover from recent injuries.

Kim Little is the latest casualty for the Arsenal Women and with the team flying and on a high, there is a small risk that the squad runs out of steam later in the season.

Laurent Koscielny was ‘heavily involved’ in first-team training on Wednesday, as he steps up his recovery ahead of schedule.

Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk could all return from their injury problems as soon as this weekend, but Naby Keita’s prognosis is still unknown at this stage.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wasn’t part of Gabon’s squad to face South Sudan on Tuesday, citing a ‘backache’ after an internal dispute with the country’s federation.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos had to come off at half-time in Greece’s clash with Finland, with reports in his home country suggesting he has an ankle injury.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Mesut Özil have both returned to full training this week and should be available for selection very soon.

Gedion Zelalem has stepped up his training with Arsenal after recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injury.

Jan Vertonghen’s hamstring injury will keep him out until December, according to his club’s website, which could see him miss the North London derby.

Danny Welbeck was forced to sit out of England training along with Alex McCarthy and Danny Rose as a ‘precaution’.