Howdy.
A really fast Sunday round-up for you. First, Bukayo Saka has returned from England responsibility to Arsenal after selecting up that damage the opposite evening. He’ll have a scan and be assessed by our medical crew, after which we’ll wait and see what the prognosis is. Assuming we get any details about it (see yesterday’s weblog!).
What we will say for sure is that it’s clearly sufficient to maintain him out of England’s recreation in opposition to Finland this afternoon, however fingers crossed it’s a case that widespread sense is being utilized and no dangers are being taken. We would discover out a bit from Mikel Arteta when he meets the press on Friday, and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if something leaks throughout the week concerning the seriousness (or not) of the damage. I think that is one they’ll wish to maintain as below wraps as a lot as potential although.
Declan Rice will certainly be in motion for England, and I believe that’s it by way of Arsenal involvement for at this time. Yesterday, Jakub Kiwior was a half-time sub for Poland of their 3-1 defeat to Portugal, whereas David Raya performed the complete 90 minutes of Spain’s 1-0 win over Denmark. Mikel Merino obtained a half an hour of that recreation too, hopefully helpful minutes for him as he makes his approach again from an damage having had a disrupted pre-season too.
In the meantime, the stress on Jonas Eidevall intensifies after Arsenal misplaced 2-1 at residence to Chelsea within the WSL yesterday. It’s rounds out a nasty week after a draw with Everton and a hammering by Bayern Munich within the Champions League, and there at the moment are two video games earlier than a global break that are, in the event that they weren’t already, should win.
For extra on yesterday’s motion, you’ll be able to see the report and response over on Arseblog Information, and Tim’s match day vlog is beneath.
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Pod must be out mid-morning. For now, have a superb one.
