Arteta and Arsenal’s ‘difference manufacturer’ hits ‘week’

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was hit by the injury as it was revealed that the “difference maker” in his team will last “week”.

Bukayo Saka returns to Arsenal

Star Winger Bukayo Saka has been eliminated with a hamstring injury since December, but with a major push from Arteta, England International has returned to the field just in time for their imminent Champions League quarter-finals against Real Madrid.

Arsenal played well in Europe, and it was the only chance for that disappointing campaign overall, with the Gunners besides the Super League title battle when Liverpool made a huge gap on the table.

Saka has scored an incredible nine goals and 14 assists in all of his matches this season for the North Londoner, and despite missing many games recently, he will be taking a serious threat to the right and bringing even greater opportunities to Arsenal beyond reality.

“Bukayo is ready to go,” Arsenal said at a pre-match press conference before Fulham.

“He’s done all the prudent things. So now is to put him in the right moment. But he’s pushing because he really wants it. We’ve respected the time frame, we’ve done everything, we have to turn him out. So he’s ready to go.

“This is another huge weapon we have with him. We know how important his impact on the team and his role and his contribution are to our success. So, I’m glad he’s back.”

The return of £195,000 per week also helps mitigate the losses of attackers Gabriel Jesus and Kay Harvez, both of whom failed due to long-term injuries.

Havertz will miss the remainder of 2024/2025 after a hamstring injury, and some reports suggest that Arsenal won’t get Jesus back until 2026.

Arsenal injury updated Riccardo Calafori in “week”

Unfortunately, there is some bad news about Saka’s comeback, Arteta, about defender Riccardo Calafiori.

The centre-back suffered an international responsibility in Italy and Calafioli is now expected to be “a few weeks” at Arsenal. Share the update, Arteta also shows that it may be longer, although he hopes this won’t be the case.

“Unfortunately, Ricardo was injured again with the national team,” Arteta said.

“It’s really unfortunate, but it could be worse, so hopefully it will be weeks.

“They were two injuries to the national team. One was kicking, the other was a very bad turn, twisting when he slipped with the surface. The other was a muscle. But the main two injuries he suffered, he could hardly do, which was very unfortunate.”

The £42 million signing from Bologna last summer proved to be very useful for Arteta when it was suitable and available, and football analyst Ben Mattinson sometimes even called him a “differentiator”.

In all games, Calafiori has 26 games in all games, helping left-back and centre-back provide quality, but Ateta hopes he is a little lucky in terms of usability next season.