Arsenal legend David Seaman has hinted Bukayo Saka’s injury is not serious with Mikel Arteta hopeful the winger can make his return against Liverpool this weekend.
The Gunners talisman has missed his side’s last two matches after he picked up a muscle injury while playing for England a fortnight ago.
Saka was absent from last Saturday’s shock 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth and was sat in the stands for the narrow midweek win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
With Martin Odegaard unlikely to return in time to feature against the current Premier League, Arteta will be desperate for one of his main sources of creativity to be able to play a part.
The Arsenal boss was coy on Saka’s fitness speaking after the win against the Ukrainian champions, but Seaman revealed the 23-year-old is well on the road to recovery.
‘I’m a little bit nervy, if I’m honest, because we’re not going to be at our strongest, depending on Saka,’ the former England No.1 told Betway.
‘Although when I was in last Thursday at Arsenal, coaching with the young goalies, I saw Bukayo with his boots on and I was like, ‘ah, good sign’.
‘Not trainers or anything like that. He was going off to do some one-to-one rehab, so that was a good sign. Hopefully it’s not too bad.
‘The only indication they’ve got that’s definite is that Saliba’s out with his suspension. It’s going to be tough, but these are the games you want.
‘These tell you how good you are, or how good you’re going to be in the season.
‘I think Califiori is probably going to centre-half, left side, and then I don’t know what the situation is with Timber.
‘That’s a natural position for him to go in at left-back. Kiwior made the mistake for the second goal, and he’s been like that, where sometimes he has great games and then he makes a little mistake.
‘But I’m not that worried because we’ve got good strength on the bench. It doesn’t matter, it’s about getting a result.
‘That’s what we need to do. Grinding out results when you’re not playing your best.’
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