The latest Arsenal injury news ahead of the North London Derby against Spurs - with updates on Viktor Gyökeres, Noni Madueke and Martin Ødegaard.
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Arsenal’s winning streak may have drawn to a close at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, but they will still head into the November international break with a 14-match unbeaten run under the belt. Unfortunately, they are also going to spend the next two weeks fretting over the fitness of several key players.
Five players, including summer signings Viktor Gyökeres and Noni Madueke and club captain Martin Ødegaard, have missed Arsenal’s most recent matches and are doubts for their next Premier League match – which just so happens to be against fierce rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
We’ve got all the latest Arsenal injury news ahead of that massive match next weekend below, along with the expected return dates of all six of the Gunners’ stricken players when available.
Will any of Arsenal’s injured players be back to face Spurs?
Five of Arsenal’s senior players face a fitness battle over the international break, but Mikel Arteta has offered some cause for cautious optimism ahead of the upcoming North London derby.
“Some of them, all of them I don’t know,” Arteta said when asked how many of his injured players could be back in action in time for 23 November. “There are a lot of things that have to happen in the next two weeks, and everything has to be perfect, but I think we’ll be very close with most of them to be in a really strong position.”
Madueke is believed to be the most likely of the five to be fully fit to face Spurs, with media reports suggesting that the winger, who has missed the last 12 games with a knee injury, was close to making the squad for the 2-2 draw against Sunderland before the decision was made to keep him on the sidelines.
He could well be joined by Ødegaard and Kai Havertz (both knee), who both remain doubts but are in line to return by the end of the month, and Gabriel Martinelli (muscular) who has missed two games after limping off after the match against Crystal Palace.
There is far less clarity over the availability of Swedish striker Gyökeres, who sustained an apparent hamstring injury during the recent win over Burnley. Although the club have sent the player for scans, Arteta claimed that there was “no news” on his status going into the game against Sunderland save that he remained unavailable. He was not selected for Graham Potter’s first Swedish national squad. No return date is available as it stands.
Gabriel Jesus closes in on return from ACL injury
There has been recent good news concerning Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus, who has now returned to team training as he ramps up his rehabilitation following a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament sustained against Manchester United in January.
Arteta told the press that Jesus had been “full of energy” since returning to the squad for the first time in 10 months, adding that it was “great to have him back.” Still, Arsenal are unlikely to rush the 28-year-old back into action, with Arteta confirming that they were taking Jesus’ reintroduction one small step at a time.
Assuming all goes according to plan, Jesus could return to the matchday squad before the end of December, but the club have not set a specific target date as yet while they wait to see how he reacclimatises to full training.
Barring further setbacks, Jesus should be Arsenal’s only remaining injured player by the end of the month, with the key question being how many of the players current unavailable will be ready to take on the Gunners’ deadly rivals in a little under a fortnight.