Arsenal have been dealt a crushing injury blow as one of Mikel Arteta’s main players has been ruled out for the rest the season.
The Arsenal squad are in Dubai for a warm-weather training camp ahead of resuming their Premier League campaign on Saturday.
The Gunners, who are six points adrift of league leaders Liverpool, travel to the King Power Stadium to face Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester City.
Ahead of the Leicester clash, Arteta has been dealt a massive injury blow.
According to David Ornstein, Kai Havertz is set to miss the rest of the season after sustaining a torn hamstring during the team’s training camp in Dubai.
Havertz as assessed on Tuesday after suffering the hamstring injury and it is unclear whether he will require surgery on the problem.
Per the report, the 25-year-old’s focus is on getting fit for the start of the 2025/26 season.
His absence adds to Arsenal’s issues up front, with Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus already sidelined.
Saka is set to be out of action until March after undergoing hamstring surgery in December. Martinelli is not expected to return to action for around a month after picking up a hamstring injury of his own against Newcastle United.
As for Jesus, he’s set for a lengthy spell out after sustaining an ACL injury in his left knee last month.
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