Bukayo Saka has undergone surgical procedure on a hamstring damage and is about to be sidelined till March, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta confirmed on Friday.
The 23-year-old sustained a tear to the muscle in his proper leg through the first half of final Saturday’s 5-1 win at Crystal Palace.
“He had a process, every part went properly,” Arteta advised a information convention after Arsenal’s win over Ipswich. “But sadly he will likely be out for a lot of, many weeks.”
Pushed additional to make clear an actual timeframe, Arteta stated: “I stated ‘many weeks’ so I believe it will likely be greater than two months. I do not know precisely how for much longer. I believe it’ll rely upon how the scar tissue begins to heal the primary week or so, the mobility of that. Let’s see. Very troublesome to say.”
The Gunners laboured in Saka’s absence as Kai Havertz‘s Twenty third-minute close-range end was sufficient to maneuver Arteta’s facet up into second place, six factors adrift of Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Arteta was extra upbeat about Raheem Sterling‘s prognosis after Arsenal initially feared the winger would even be sidelined for a prolonged interval on account of a knee drawback.
“The information with Raz I believe is healthier,” he stated. “We need to see this week how he evolves, however we anticipated the knee damage to in all probability take longer than the way in which the knee has developed the previous few days. That is sweet as a result of we’d like him.”
