Overview

• The 23-year-old was withdrawn at half-time on Sunday with a right-knee issue and underwent scans on Monday.
• Reporting from The Athletic, echoed by multiple outlets, indicates an expected layoff of roughly two months without ACL involvement.
• He is expected to miss a run of Premier League and Champions League games, including Newcastle away and ties against Olympiacos and Atletico Madrid.
• The winger is also likely to sit out England’s upcoming international fixtures, according to the same reports.
• Arteta is due to address the timeline at today’s Carabao Cup press conference, as Arsenal manage concurrent absences for Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Martin Ødegaard, with Bukayo Saka recently back from a hamstring strain.