Arsenal could possibly be with out Riccardo Calafiori for his or her upcoming essential matches within the Premier League and the Champions League, after he sustained a worrying knee harm throughout Italy’s 2-1 UEFA Nations League defeat to Germany on Thursday.
Calafiori, who has been an everyday starter for Arsenal in latest weeks regardless of the emergence of Myles Lewis-Skelly, was a starter for Italy within the quarter-final tie on the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, and he performed the total 90 minutes. He had a tough night on the park, and to make issues worse, he went down within the closing levels in a non-contact incident.
The harm will rule him out of the return leg in opposition to Germany, with reporting that Calafiori has left the Italy coaching camp with quick impact as a way to return to North London for additional examinations with the Arsenal medical staff.
Riccardo Calafiori early harm prognosis revealed
Romano additionally experiences that members of the Italian teaching employees have urged that Calafiori has suffered a knee collateral harm, with the attainable injury being between a grade one or two. Nevertheless, the ultimate evaluation might be made by Arsenal, who’re anticipated to place their defender by medical exams within the subsequent 24-48 hours.
It feels inevitable that Calafiori will miss at the very least two of Arsenal’s subsequent matches, that are within the Premier League in opposition to Fulham and Everton. The next fixtures sees them host Actual Madrid within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie, and Mikel Arteta might be determined for the 22-year-old to be obtainable for that one, though it appears to be like tough at this stage.
Arsenal might be praying for excellent news with Calafiori, as they aim a powerful run within the Champions League – and likewise an unlikely title battle in opposition to Liverpool within the Premier League.