Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has admitted Gabriel Jesus‘ knee harm is “not wanting good,” with sources telling ESPN the membership concern he’ll miss the rest of the season.
The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Jesus suffered a ruptured ACL throughout Arsenal’s penalty-shootout defeat to Manchester United.
“We all know extra now. It isn’t wanting good in any respect. We have to overview with another specialist and can have higher data this afternoon,” Arteta instructed a information convention forward of Arsenal’s Premier League recreation with Tottenham.
When requested to verify whether or not Jesus had suffered an ACL harm, Arteta mentioned: “I do not need to affirm something till now we have the ultimate report this afternoon. We have been very nervous after the sport and we’re very nervous at the moment.”
The Arsenal ahead left the pitch within the fortieth minute following an innocuous coming along with United captain Bruno Fernandes.
The harm is the alternative knee to the one through which he suffered an ACL harm in 2022.
Arteta was requested whether or not Arsenal are actually below strain to signal a substitute for Jesus.
“My reply does not change,” the Spaniard mentioned. “We’re actively wanting into the market to enhance the squad. We all the time have been. It could be naive not too. We’re wanting and we are attempting, so let’s have a look at what we are able to do.
“To recruit a participant there are three events who must conform to that. The actual fact I really like my gamers doesn’t suggest we won’t take into consideration bettering. We do day by day and when the market comes round now we have to ensure now we have the very best sources and capability to compete the way in which that we need to.”
Jesus had only recently hit goalscoring kind, netting his first league objectives of the season when scoring a double in opposition to Crystal Palace in December, and scored one other in a win over Brentford on New Yr’s Day.
He additionally scored a hat trick in opposition to Palace in a League Cup quarterfinal recreation final month.
It’s the newest long-term harm amongst Arsenal’s starters, with Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) and Ben White (knee) all sitting out for lengthy spells on the sidelines.
Ethan Nwaneri and Riccardo Calafiori are additionally out, each affected by muscle accidents.
Relating to Calafiori’s harm, Arteta mentioned: “His factor shouldn’t be an excessive amount of. We want one other day or two, [the next] 24 hours grow to be actually vital. We can have extra understanding this afternoon.”
Data from ESPN’s James Olley and Reuters contributed to this report.