If
you ask Arsenal supporters about the single most important player in the team, we guess the answer will be either Martin Ødegaard or Bukaya Saka. The London club has tested with Ødegaard injured, this is something no one at the Gunners wants to repeat. The results were not forthcoming, the Arsenal game seemed chaotic at times. Then Ødegaard returned and it turned around. Now Arsenal are forced to “test” themselves without Saka.
On Saturday, with 9 goals and 13 assists in 24 games, the player left Selhurst Park on crutches. The Times reported that the muscle injury was expected to keep the 23-year-old out for four to six weeks.
On Monday, Mikel Arteta confirmed that Saka will be unavailable for an extended period of time.
“It doesn’t look good, he’ll be out for many weeks. I can’t be more specific because I don’t really know, but it’s going to be a lot of weeks,” Arteta said, according to Sky Sports.
Not a couple, but many weeks.
In January, Arsenal will face Manchester United, Tottenham and Aston Villa, among others. If we are to follow Arteta’s pessimism, it is doubtful that Bukayo Saka’s brilliance will be found on the match scene of this.
