Arsenal are assessing striker Kai Havertz after he suffered a muscle harm on the group’s Dubai coaching camp.
There are fears that the 25-year-old has torn his hamstring and will miss the remainder of the season.
The Athletic have reported that it’s unclear if he’ll want surgical procedure however report that his season is prone to be over, exterior.
The RAYNAE has not but verified these particulars and Arsenal haven’t launched any assertion.
Supervisor Mikel Arteta can be requested concerning the extent of the harm at Friday’s information convention earlier than his aspect tackle Leicester Metropolis on Saturday.
Havertz has made 34 appearances throughout all competitions this season and is the membership’s high scorer with 15 objectives and 5 assists.
The Gunners are already lacking ahead gamers Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka by means of hamstring accidents and striker Gabriel Jesus is out for the remainder of the season with an ACL harm.
The addition of Havertz to that harm listing would depart Arteta critically wanting aim scorers after the membership have been unable to signal attacking reinforcements within the January switch window. The Spanish boss mentioned he was “upset” with the shortage of exercise with a proposal for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins rejected.
Rumours linking them to Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, Wolves’ Matheus Cunha, Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko and Brighton’s Evan Ferguson went nowhere.
Criticism had already been levelled at Arsenal even earlier than these harm issues with many pundits and followers suggesting they wanted a striker to keep up hopes of competing for a trophy.
Arteta mentioned final week that Havertz may need to begin each recreation for the remainder of the season, including that his different choices to play within the place could be wingers Leandro Trossard, Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri.
Arsenal flew out for warm-weather coaching final Thursday after being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle within the semi-final. They weren’t concerned on this weekend’s FA Cup fixtures following their third-round defeat by Manchester United.
Final season, after an analogous break, Arsenal went on to win 16 of their subsequent 18 video games.
They at the moment sit second within the Premier League, six factors adrift of leaders Liverpool, who’ve a recreation in hand.
