Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed the injury Bukayo Saka suffer on England.

The Gunners are unbeaten in their opening seven Premier League matches. But Mikel Arteta have several injury concerns ahead of their trip to the south coast.

Club captain Martin Odegaard is unlikely to be available until November due to an ankle problem. While Gabriel Martinelli and Saka picked up injuries during the international break.

“He is not going to be fit for this game,” Arteta

“Next week will be a different story. He needs to clear some markers. Next week will be crucial to understand how close he is.”

Saka limp off during England’s home defeat to Greece but Arteta is hopeful he can feature at the Vitality Stadium.

“It is not a serious injury. He is evolving really well. Mikel Arteta He has done a few things in the last two days. We are hopeful. Let’s see if he can make it on time.”

On Martinelli, the Spaniard added: “He landed yesterday afternoon. Again, today will be another step.”

Thomas Partey (Ghana) and Kai Havertz (Germany) pulled out of representing their countries this month and Arteta says the former is available this weekend.

Havertz has play a lot of football over the last year ufabet https://ufabet999.app and his omission from Julian Nagelsmann’s squad was more of a precaution, though Arteta says Friday’s training session will be crucial.

“He had a few issues,” Mikel Arteta he said. “We’ve been dealing with that. If he trains well today, he has got a good chance.”

On struggling defenders Benjamin White, Mikel Arteta Jurrien Timber and Oleksandr Zinchenko, Arteta said: “They are quite close the three of them. Today we’ll have to push. We are struggling a bit with the numbers, especially in our right side.”