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Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka, who had suffered a hamstring issue on international duty for England, doesn’t have a serious injury as confirmed by the club manager Mikel Arteta in the press conference . At the same time, the 42-year-old also revealed that their star performer Martin Odegaard won’t be available on their upcoming Premier League trip to the Vitality Stadium to play against Bournemouth on Saturday evening, October 19.
Notably, Bukayo Saka had suffered an apparent hamstring injury during England 1-2 loss against Greece last weekend at the Wembley Stadium in the League B Group 2 match in the UEFA Nations League. Following that, he had to miss out on England’s 3-1 win against Finland in the same competition at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, to solidify their second spot in the group behind unbeaten Greece.
Bukayo Saka is evolving really well. He has done a few things in the last two days: Mikel Arteta
In the press conference to address the upcoming Premier League trip to Bournemouth in a day’s time, the Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta also spoke about the status of Bukayo Saka. He was quoted as saying, as per the BBC Sport, “It is not a serious injury. He (Bukayo Saka) is evolving really well. He has done a few things in the last two days. We are hopeful,” while stating that Martin Odegaard will not be fit to play as he recovers from an ankle ligament injury from a month ago.
Mikel Arteta was hopeful to have Kai Havertz available to him after the German withdrew from the national squad for the UEFA Nations League matches, but nothing is certain around him, while the manager also remained undecided on Gabriel Martinelli’s fitness. As far as Ben White, Julian Timber, Oleksandr Zinchenko’s involvement for Arsenal on the weekend is concerned, Mikel Arteta looked for positive news about having them back tomorrow.
