Jesus, Jorginho, Balogun: Arsenal injury news and return dates ahead of Nottingham Forest
Mikel Arteta has been handed a double injury boost ahead of Arsenal's Premier League season opener against Nottingham Forest at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. The Gunners head into the new campaign fresh off the back of beating Manchester City at Wembley as they lifted the FA Community Shield.
Gabriel Jesus, who underwent a minor procedure on a knee injury last week, is set to miss the start of the new season as he continue his rehabilitation. Oleksandr Zinchenko was another absentee — but the Ukraine international is set to participate in training ahead of the fixture against Forest.
football.london takes a look at all the injury news facing the Gunners ahead the start of their Premier League campaign.
Injury: Knee
What Arteta has said: «Unfortunately, he had a little procedure this morning,» Arteta said after the Emirates Cup win against Monaco. «He had some discomfort in his knee that has been causing some issues and they had to go in and resolve it.
»It is not something major but he looks to be out for a few weeks I think. It is a big blow because we had him back to his best, especially the way he played against Barcelona, and he was in good condition and we lost him.
«But he has been feeling some discomfort in the last few weeks and we had to look at it, we had to make a decision and the best one is to protect the player and get him back as quick as possible so we decided to do it. It is something related to the previous injury that he had and the surgery.
»He had some irritation in the knee and we had to get it resolved," he added. Ahead of the City game, Arteta offered a fresh update on the Brazilian.
«He’s fine. He’s obviously disappointed because he was feeling good and then this issue came up that nobody expected.
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