A setback for the Arsenal nugget.
For their League Cup semi-final first leg against Newcastle this Tuesday evening at home, THE Gunners will not be able to count on their 17-year-old attacking midfielder Ethan Nwaneri. Scorer last weekend against Brighton then left with injury at the break, one of the hopes of the Arsenal training center will miss several weeks of competition. His coach Mikel Arteta announced this Monday at a press conference that he has « suffered a muscle injury »which will keep him away from the field for a still uncertain period.
Tiredness?
Two months before his majority, Nwaneri has already contested 18 matches in all competitions this season with Arsenalincluding the last two as a starter in the Premier League (Brentford then Brighton). A sustained rhythm that his frail but twirling legs had supported until then, before this forced break forcing him to rest.
Sans Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Raheem Sterling and now Ethan Nwanerithe Arsenal staff will have to compose a “new-look” attack to hope to take an option in the League Cup final against the Magpies. Even more so in a match where Mikel Arteta had initially planned to rotate.
Calm down, there is still Gabriel Jesus.
The typical Charlie team
