Arsenal has finally confirmed ruling out key players, including Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, and Bokayo Saka, due to their injuries.
The lack of options for the team’s forward players is quite concerning. Arsenal’s manager, Mikel Arteta (42 years), is currently without four first-team attackers for the team’s journey to Leicester City this Saturday.
This follows the need for an investment worth £50 million into new strikers, which we have discussed in this article.
Injury Crisis Deepens for Arsenal as Key Attackers Face Long-Term Absences
Bukayo Saka, the 23-year-old English footballer, will be out of Arsenal till March, undergoing surgery on his hamstring. Gabriel Jesus will also miss the game due to his ACL tear, Gabriel Martini is unavailable for a month due to his hamstring issue, while Kai Havertz has recently added woes to Arsenal after tearing his hamstring during his training with the team in Dubai.
The team confirmed that Havertz will undergo major surgery in the next few days before starting his recovery program. All of this comes as a severe blow to the team, which later mentioned in a statement, “We can confirm that Kai Havertz has sustained a hamstring injury during a training session in Dubai last week,”
“Everyone at the club is fully focused on supporting Kai to ensure he is back to full fitness as soon as possible.”
Following Havertz’s injury, the team will renew scrutiny over the decision not to sign a new striker in the January transfer window.
All these injuries have led to a crisis, putting a strain on Mikel Arteta’s tactical options. He is forced to reshuffle his forward line as Havertz has been his main player this season, with almost 34 appearances in every competition, and he is the club’s top scorer with 15 goals.
£50m Striker Investment Set to Pay Off Amid Current Crisis
Arsenal has made the correct decision to sell out both Nketiah, 25, and Balogun, 23, irrespective of their injuries. These sales turned out to be pure profits since both players have come through the club’s academy, while the team has subsequently been able to chip in their money into their squads.
The Gunners will be left with leeway when it comes to their position in Financial Fair Play to strengthen this summer.
Added to that, the market values of both Nketiah and Balogun have declined ever since they made their moves.
Despite the serious injuries, Arsenal will proceed with their investments worth £50 million in two new strikers as a strategic move to bolster their attack. This will be useful to Arsenal but looking at long-term outcomes, it appears to be the only right decision.
The Gunners have no regrets about selling Nketiah and Balogun to Arsenal. However, no one could predicte the injury crisis along with Arsenal’s lack of scoring availability and power.
The Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano claimed that the new strikers will not be brought in until the summer while The Gunners can still sign their free agent outside the transfer window. He also mentioned on X, “Even after update on Kai Havertz’s injury requiring surgery, Arsenal plan remain the same: find internal solutions and focus on big signing in the summer,”
Regardless of the final move, the team has great potential to remain competitive in both domestic and European tournaments, reassuring fans on football betting sites to get to enjoy competitive betting odds.
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