Wälti injury ‘not a multiple-months injury’ – Arsenal boss Eidevall provides positive update | OneFootball

Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall has confirmed that midfielder Lia Wälti won’t be sidelined for several months with her injury.

The Swiss international sustained her injury after being the subject of a heavy challenge from Everton’s Aggie Beever-Jones at Walton Hall Park on Wednesday evening.

There had been concerns that Wälti would join the likes of Beth Mead, Vivianne Miedema and Leah Williamson on the sidelines for the long-term but Arsenal boss Eidevall has confirmed that it will not be the case.

“She’s out for the season for us but the initial examinations show that it is not too bad,” Eidevall said when speaking in an Arsenal press conference.

“It’s not a multiple-months injury, she should be able to recover in good time for the World Cup which is very important for her as a player and I am very happy that it wasn’t more serious. I was afraid that it could be, so that was a relief.

“Unfortunately, she cannot be on the pitch anymore for Arsenal this season.”

Arsenal will continue their campaign without Wälti at Chelsea on Sunday. The Gunners can still win the Barclays Women’s Super League title but Eidevall says that the focus is only on the next game.

He said “We play one game at a time. We know if we can focus on that, it gives us our best chance to finish as high as possible. We’ve managed that very well and it is no different here for this game.

“We will play against a very strong Chelsea side and we know that we will need to be at our very best and maybe give our best performance of the season in order to get the result that we want. We need to do our very best in order to do it.”

Arsenal’s Barclays Women’s Super League fixture at Chelsea kicks-off at 12.30pm on Sunday afternoon.