Bukayo Saka injury: Arsenal dealt fitness concern as star limps off during England loss

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·10 October 2024

Bukayo Saka injury: Arsenal dealt fitness concern as star limps off during England loss

Gunners lost captain Martin Odegaard to injury during last month’s break

Arsenal have been dealt a major concern after Bukayo Saka was forced off during England’s Nations League defeat to Greece on Thursday night.

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The Gunners star formed part of an attacking line-up named by interim manager Lee Carsley on a night where taking the supposed handbrake off did not seem to work.

Saka lined up alongside the likes of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon and Cole Palmer at Wembley but a disjointed England side lost 2-1 to the Greeks.

The winger limped off just six minutes into the second-half, sitting down on the turf after Greece were celebrating their opener.

Saka was then replaced by Noni Madueke and it remains to be seen if he will be fit for Sunday’s game against Finland.

Bellingham thought he had rescued a point in the dying embers for England after Vangelis Pavlidis had given the visitors the lead, before the Greece striker bagged a late second.

Arsenal lost Martin Odegaard to an ankle injury during last month’s international break and return to Premier League action away at Bournemouth on Saturday 19 October.