Bukayo Saka has undergone surgical procedure on a hamstring harm and is ready to be sidelined till March, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta confirmed on Friday.
The 23-year-old sustained a tear to the muscle in his proper leg in the course of the first half of final Saturday’s 5-1 win at Crystal Palace.
“He had a process, every thing went properly,” Arteta informed a information convention after Arsenal’s win over Ipswich. “However sadly he can be out for a lot of, many weeks.”
Pushed additional to make clear a precise time-frame, Arteta stated: “I stated ‘many weeks’ so I believe will probably be greater than two months. I do not know precisely how for much longer. I believe it can depend upon how the scar tissue begins to heal the primary week or so, the mobility of that. Let’s have a look at. Very troublesome to say.”
The Gunners laboured in Saka’s absence as Kai Havertz‘s Twenty third-minute close-range end was sufficient to maneuver Arteta’s aspect up into second place, six factors adrift of Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Arteta was extra upbeat about Raheem Sterling‘s prognosis after Arsenal initially feared the winger would even be sidelined for a prolonged interval resulting from a knee downside.
“The information with Raz I believe is best,” he stated. “We now have to see this week how he evolves, however we anticipated the knee harm to most likely take longer than the way in which the knee has developed the previous few days. That’s good as a result of we’d like him.”
