Arsenal have received mixed messages over whether Bukayo Saka will be available for Sunday’s king Premier League tie with Liverpool due to his hamstring injury. The 23-year-old has been out of action since sustaining a hamstring injury in international duty where England lost to Greece 2-1 earlier this month.
Saka’s absence has been well and truly felt in their recent clash against Bournemouth and Shakhtar Donetsk. Following the 1-0 success over the Ukrainian giants, Mikel Arteta had no good news to share on Saka’s condition. However, Arteta said before last year’s 1-0 home win over Manchester City that Saka was “in contention” before he missed out entirely, so fans have learned to take his injury updates with a pinch of salt.
Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling are alternatives on the right wing to Saka, who has scored three goals and set up seven more in 10 appearances this season, providing more assists than any other player in the Premier League.
Saka is just one of a handful of concerns for Arteta, we also witnessed Riccardo Calafiori come off with an apparent knee problem in the win over Shakhtar, this makes him remain doubtful for Sunday’s match. However, Calafiori’s loss could be Jurrien Timber’s gain. It’s reportedly that Timber is on the verge of coming back from the muscular injury he suffered against Paris- Saint Germain in the champions league earlier this month.
Captain Martin Odegaard has no chance of being back from his ankle injury in time for the weekend, though, while Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney are also out of contention alongside the suspended William Saliba.
Arsenal sit four points and two places behind Liverpool in the premier league table ahead of Red’s visit to the Emirates.
