Arsenal Injury News Archives: 12/2018

Arsenal will most likely be without Ainsley Maitland-Niles for their New Year’s Day game against Fulham after the 21-year-old picked up a problem against Liverpool.

Mesut Özil has been ruled out of Arsenal’s game against Liverpool on Saturday with injury, but some supporters don’t believe the reports are genuine.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has taken to Instagram to thank fans for wishing him well after he suffered a fractured metatarsal last week.

Late on Christmas Eve, it was announced that Henrikh Mkhitaryan had suffered a broken metatarsal and would miss around six weeks as he recovered. Mkhitaryan…

Nacho Monreal could be available for the Boxing Day game against Brighton despite being subbed off against Burnley on Saturday.

Dinos Mavropanos should be back playing for Arsenal next month according to Unai Emery’s latest update.

Although he’s listed as ‘being assessed’ ahead of the Tottenham game, Unai Emery has confirmed that Shkodran Mustafi will not return to action until next week.

Unai Emery says Konstantinos Mavropanos is edging closer to a return, but the Spaniard still thinks the centre-back won’t play matches until next month.

Arsenal will go into Wednesday night’s clash against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup knowing that they will have at least one fit defender.

Arsenal probably wanted to ease Laurent Koscielny back into things but injuries and suspensions meant that he was thrown into the deep end as soon as he showed his Achilles was likely to stay attached to the rest of his leg.

Hector Bellerin looks set to miss the Xmas period after he picked up a calf problem against Southampton.

Arsenal will welcome Aaron Ramsey back into the squad for the game against Southampton while Mesut Ozil is also expected to feature.

Arsenal have confirmed that Rob Holding underwent surgery to repair his ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

Emile Smith Rowe has suffered a knock in training, which will keep him out of Arsenal’s final Europa League group stage game against Qarabag.

Arsenal welcomed Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey back to full training before the games against Qarabag in the Europa League and Southampton in the Premier League.

Rob Holding now faces six to nine months on the sidelines, but will he be the same player when he returns?

Unai Emery says he thinks Shkodran Mustafi will be alright after the defender suffered a hamstring problem, forcing him off in the second half against Huddersfield Town.

Mesut Ozil has taken to Twitter to confirm that he is ‘working hard’ to make his return from the back injury that has sidelined him from the last few games.

Unai Emery says he doesn’t know whether Laurent Koscielny will be ready for Huddersfield on Saturday, and the club’s current plan is to bring him back into the first-team against Qarabag.

Freddie Ljungberg has given a positive update on Laurent Koscielny’s injury status after the Frenchman was forced off the pitch in the final 10 minutes for the u21s against Portsmouth.