BREAKING: Bukayo Saka’s fitness is becoming a more serious concern than earlier reported- Player could miss a handful of games including the champions league- Arteta has come out to address the length of Saka’a injury and his return date
BREAKING: Bukayo Saka’s fitness is becoming a more serious concern than earlier reported- Player could miss a handful of games including the champions league- Arteta has come out to address the length of Saka’a injury and his return date
Following a similar Arsenal issue, Mikel Arteta is coping with lingering Bukayo Saka concerns.
One of the standouts of Arsenal’s 2022–23 season was Bukayo Saka, who was also selected for the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and the PFA Young Player of the Season.
Bukayo Saka, a crucial player for Mikel Arteta, will travel with him to Everton on Sunday, but solely because of lingering concerns about his fitness.
Saka, 22, played in all 38 of Arsenal’s games during the 2022–23 Premier League season as the Gunners came agonisingly close to winning the league. Saka was one of the league’s brightest stars. He received the PFA Young Player of the Season award as a result of his outstanding play, and this month he was selected the 2023 England Men’s Player of the Year.
However, his presence with the national team will undoubtedly cause his club manager to have conflicted feelings. Arteta would have shivered at the way Ukrainian defenders targeted him in Poland on Saturday. He is now a regular starter under Gareth Southgate.
The player made his official appearance late in the second half of the Friendlies in Scotland on Tuesday.
He received the PFA Young Player of the Season award as a result of his outstanding play, and this month he was selected the 2023 England Men’s Player of the Year.
According to reports, Saka is still dealing with an achilles problem that bothered him throughout the 2022–23 season.
Despite the fact that he made 48 appearances for the North London club across all leagues, this is the case.
And Arteta is well aware of the risks involved in a player continuing despite an injury. Emilie Smith Rowe missed all of last season’s action until March due to surgery to treat a chronic groyne issue.
The England international exited the pitch before the end of a 3-2 away loss against Manchester United in December 2021, citing a tight groyne. He did so after a few weeks, but the ache reappeared the following summer.
Finally deciding to have surgery, the 23-year-old was sidelined for the majority of the first eight months of the campaign. In March, he finally made his Premier League debut after appearing in 12 games overall, most of which he played from the bench.
Though there are currently no concerns of a comparable layoff, Saka’s loss may potentially ruin Arsenal’s season given how important he has grown to the Gunners. The current worries are related to the team’s next Wednesday match against PSV Eindhoven, which will mark their return to the Champions League.
This season, Arteta has already experienced one crushing blow. A knee injury sustained on the first day of the season against Nottingham Forest has forced Jurrien Timber, a new recruit who cost £38.3 million to join from Ajax, to miss a significant amount of time.
