Mikel Arteta confirmed that Gabriel Martinelli will be sent for scan on a prominent hamstring damage He got up in Arsenal 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United on Wednesday.
The gunners were was hit by the same rating At both legs of the Carabao Cup semifinals, but suffered the additional hitting Martinelli loss late in the first half after pulling the wing and had to leave the stadium.
With Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus, so already in the middle of extensive dismissals of injuries, Arsenal He can deal with another major loss and will be eagerly awaiting the results of scans on the Martinelli issue.
“He felt something, I think it was his hamstring and it wasn’t comfortable to keep going,” Arteta revealed after the game. “So we should have a magnetic resonance scan tomorrow to see the extent of the injury.”
Arteta already has expressed his disappointment To Arsenal’s lack of income during the January transfer window after the loss of both Saka and Jesus. Any spell on the sidelines for Martinelli will leave Kai Hevertz, Raheem Sterling, Leandro Trossard and Ethan Nwaneri as the only options available for Arteta.
To try to help recovery, Arsenal will launch a camp for the training of hot weather in Dubia on Thursday, which Arteta hopes to rejuvenate his side before returning to action against Leicester City at 15 February.
“We have to swallow it. It’s difficult,” Arteta continued. “We had a lot of expectations. We knew the difficulty of the project because of the result we brought from London, but we can’t do anything now.
“What we could do is. We were on the court a few minutes ago. Now we have to look forward. First of all I think this will be painful and while we are in Dubai, we recharge and then go again because we have Still a lot to play. “
