Arsenal are waiting on Kai Havertz and Christos Tzolis ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Leeds, after both sustained hamstring injuries on international duty.
Havertz picked up the problem 30 minutes into Germany’s match against Holland and flew back to London for scans that revealed a strain. The expectation is the game will come too soon for him to recover, though no timescale has been confirmed.
Tzolis suffered his injury for Greece against Holland and initial tests suggested a 15–20 day absence, which would rule him out of the Leeds fixture, according to football.london.
Ezri Konsa is also a doubt after withdrawing from England duty, though he may recover in time. Arteta could choose to protect him given the congested fixture schedule ahead. William Saliba is definitely out with a back problem.
Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera are pushing to return from groin and hamstring injuries respectively. Declan Rice skipped England duty and should be available, while Jurrien Timber is expected to be fit if he suffered no problems with Holland.
Leeds also have several concerns, including Jean-Matteo Bahoya (ankle), Dan James (fitness), and Joe Rodon (hamstring).
How this story developed
- 7 Oct We first reported this.
- 7 Oct Football.london adds that Konsa pulled out of the England squad with the injury.
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