Declan Rice will miss Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan due to injury, and his availability for Sunday’s Premier League fixture against Chelsea is also in doubt. The 25-year-old midfielder played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle on Saturday, his ninth Premier League appearance of the season.
Rice has been a near-constant presence for Arsenal, with the only top-flight game he missed being the victory over Tottenham—though that absence was due to suspension after a controversial red card against Brighton. However, Rice was conspicuously absent from training at London Colney this morning and did not join Mikel Arteta’s squad on their flight to Milan.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Arteta confirmed that a knock Rice sustained at St. James’ Park is behind his absence, and the midfielder will undergo further assessment later in the week to determine his readiness for the Chelsea game.
