Riccardo Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Kieran Tierney have all returned to fitness, and all three were available in Mikel Arteta’s squad for the game against West Ham United on Saturday.
One player who wasn’t was Myles Lewis-Skelly, with Arteta confirming after the game that he’s now among the list of injury absentees.
LONDON, ENGLAND: Myles Lewis-Skelly of Arsenal during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium on September 25, 2024.
“We had an issue with Gabi [Magalhaes], we have an issue with Ricky [Calafiori] as well, yesterday we lost Thomas [Partey] and Mikel [Merino] and Myles [Lewis-Skelly] which was very bad news,” Arteta confirmed.
Partey, Merino, and Lewis-Skelly all picked up injuries on Friday, in Arsenal’s final pre-match training session. But Lewis-Skelly had already been dealing with an injury even before that.
The 18-year-old missed Arsenal’s match against Nottingham Forest the previous week through injury, only returning to the bench for the midweek fixture against Sporting CP.
LONDON, ENGLAND: Myles Lewis-Skelly of Arsenal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Arsenal FC and FC Shakhtar Donetsk at Emirates Stadium on October 22, 2024.
It’s unclear at this stage whether Lewis-Skelly’s latest injury is a reoccurence of his previous knock, or if it’s an entirely new problem.
Either way, he’ll want to be back quickly, as Arsenal have Manchester United on Wednesday.
The Arsenal academy are also playing in the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday, and Lewis-Skelly is still eligible for that competition if he’s fit, willing, and not needed by the first team.
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