England coach gives update on Saka’s condition

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Bukayo Saka has become the latest Arsenal player to be ruled out. With an injury after being substituted during the international break on Tuesday.

Arsenal, the third-placed team in the Premier League, has another big headache after their star winger Bukayo Saka had an issue while playing for England in the Nations League last night. Lee Carsley spoke about the matter after the game, saying that

“He’s being assessed, obviously in the build-up to the first goal you could see. He had some discomfort in his leg,” the England boss told reporters after the game.

“In the build-up to the first goal, you could see he felt something in his leg.”

At full-time, Saka was film walking through the mix zone with a slight limp. Although he’s, perhaps, unlikely to feature against Finland on Sunday evening, there’s hope that he won’t miss too many games for Arsenal ahead of a tough run of fixtures after October’s ongoing international break.

The Gunners will travel to the south coast to take on Bournemouth on October 19, before facing Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. Matches against Liverpool, Newcastle, Inter Milan and Chelsea then follow.

In the match where the English national team opened Wembley Stadium. And lost at home to the Greek national team with a score of 2-1 in the Nations League group stage. ufabet http://ufabet999.app Saka was substituted in the 51st minute after he grab the back of his right leg.

The Arsenal star is set to undergo a fitness assessment ahead of England’s next game. Which sees them travel to Finland for their fourth group game on Sunday, October 13 at 11pm.