Arsenal have confirmed that Kieran Tierney will likely be out for 4 to 6 weeks after struggling ligament accidents to his left knee.
The left-back was pressured off midway by his workforce’s 3-0 defeat in opposition to Liverpool on Saturday, the most recent in a sequence of coaching periods.
Since arriving in north London early final season, Tierney has suffered various accidents – with a knee downside that lately stored him out for 5 video games in January and February.
Arsenal affirm that Kieran Tierney has injured a ligament in his knee. No surgical procedure is required, because of full coaching of 4 to 6 weeks.
Ouch! Large blow.
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His newest knock will see him suspended for no less than a month, as Arsenal confirmed in a press release revealed on their web site.
“Left knee. Kieran suffered accidents to the ligament in his left knee throughout Saturday’s match in opposition to Liverpool. Surgical procedure is not going to be required and it’s hoped that Kieran will likely be again in full coaching inside 4 to 6 weeks,” it stated.
The information is a severe blow to Arsenal’s possibilities of securing European soccer subsequent season, as Tierney is certainly one of their most significant gamers. When he is on the market, he’s certainly one of the primary names on the workforce journal and performs 33 matches in all competitions this semester.
Tierney doesn’t require surgical procedure to resolve the Visionhaus / Getty Photos downside
He is not the one harm Arteta has to cope with. David Luiz is scuffling with a knee downside, whereas Martin Odegaard has additionally skilled discomfort within the ankle. Nevertheless, this shouldn’t be all unhealthy information.
Earlier than their necessary Europa League quarter-final first match in opposition to Slavia Prague, Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith-Rowe and Granit Xhaka – who missed the defeat in opposition to Liverpool – are all accessible for choice.
Arteta will likely be eager to get off to a great begin in opposition to Slavia as success on this competitors represents their solely real looking likelihood of qualifying for subsequent season’s Champions League. They’re at present tenth within the Premier League, a full 10 factors behind West Ham in fourth and 7 behind Liverpool in seventh.
