Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will be eager for some more positive injury updates following the win against Preston and before the Premier League clash against Newcastle. The Gunners strode past the Championship side to seal a spot in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals with Gabriel Jesus, Ethan Nwaneri and Kai Havertz all on target.
Jurrien Timber, despite hobbling off against Liverpool, was named in the starting XI at right-back in place Ben White, who was given the night off having only just returned from injury himself. Gabriel Magalhaes also left the 2-2 draw with an injury and was subsequently absent from the matchday squad that headed to Deepdale.
The Brazil international looks to have avoided a major injury, though the likes of Martin Odegaard and Kieran Tierney are still recovering from their own more serious issues. However, Arteta has been able to provide recent positive updates on both with Riccardo Calafiori also hoping to feature again before the November international break.
With that said, football.london rounds up the latest Arsenal injury news before the trip to St James’ Park on Saturday lunchtime.
Gabriel Magalhaes
Injury: Knee.
Gabriel went down after a challenge from Darwin Nunez against Liverpool. The back of his left knee was hit and despite trying to play on, Arteta had to sub him off shortly after. The Brazilian was spotted with a large ice pack over his knee when sat on the bench.
Posting on his Instagram story earlier this week, Gabriel was using a compression sleeve on his leg in the aftermath. Unsurprisingly, he was absent from the matchday squad for the Carabao Cup clash against Preston with Arteta also revealing he is yet to train.
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What Arteta has said: “We’re still assessing him. It doesn’t look that bad. He was much better the next day. Too soon to say when he’ll be out. He could not train, obviously he’s out at the moment so let’s see how he evolves over the next few games.”
