Arsenal star Bukayo Saka ruled out for up to eight weeks with thigh injury

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By Linda Ikeji
23 October 2026, 10:35 pm
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Toolbox super star Bukayo Saka is supposedly set to miss out on 6 to 8 weeks with a thigh injury.

The 25-year-old England winger got the knock simply 10 minutes into Arsenal’s Champions League clash versus Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.

This is his 11th injury given that September 2024, having actually likewise played through an extended Achilles problem throughout the World Cup.

Arteta, whose group face Everton tomorrow, stated: “He’s got an MRI this afternoon due to the fact that he had rather a great deal of fluid in the location, so it was tough to comprehend the level of the injury. We’ll understand more most likely tomorrow.

“We require a couple of more scans and viewpoints from the professional. There are no great indications. Once again, let’s be extremely patient so we can offer a conclusive evaluation.”

Asked if he is selecting a lot of injuries, Arteta stated: “Well, it’s definitely been various in the in 2015 approximately.

“And clearly the needs that we are placing on every gamer are tremendous, the quantity of video games, the strength of those matches, the worldwide competitors, the times too in between video games are getting narrower.

“So take a look at us now. We needed to use Sunday afternoon, then we needed to use Wednesday night, then we need to use Saturday, so you go once again less than 66 or 67 hours in between video games, on top of whatever that we are placing on them.”

Arteta was likewise quizzed on whether he fears 25-year-old Saka deals with burnout.

He stated: “I do not have that sensation at all, however definitely what we need to be extremely conscious of is to produce the ideal environment around the gamer to satisfy all his qualities, and we truly require to comprehend now, when he returns, whenever that is, how we’re going to handle that load once again.”