Arsenal Handed Fresh Injury Blow After Attacker Ruled Out For A Month
The Welsh star is expected to be sidelined until after the upcoming global break after getting crocked in Arsenal’s 4-3 opening day defeat to Liverpool.
Arsenal will be involved in another tricky fixture next week as they will be away at champions Leicester City.
Iwobi scored twice in 13 appearances for the Gunners in his last season. Following his injury in Sunday’s loss to Liverpool, Aaron Ramsey will be out “until after the first worldwide break”, according to the Telegraph. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.theeagleonline.com.ng as the source.
Ramsey started the game for the Gunners but had to be taken off at the hour mark due to the problem in his hamstring.
The Gunners are having an injury crisis at the start of the season.
The double session will go some way to addressing that but will not fix the issues with long-term absentees Per Mertesacker and Gabriel.
A few eyebrows were raised when the midfielder was named in the starting lineup for the game against Liverpool.
“I pushed Ramsey in and he got injured”, he said.
The Nigerian made way for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 59th minute as Arsene Wenger’s men bowed 4-3 at the Emirates.
There is some positive team news though, as Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud are expected to return to the squad this weekend after missing the Liverpool game following their late arrival to pre-season. The trio was given an extended rest following their Euro 2016 campaign in the summer.