Arsenal have been hit with an early season blow with yet another injury to another player in training.
Gabriel Jesus was confirmed, at the start of the week, he would spend little time on the sidelines — and now new signing Mikel Merino has been ruled out for several weeks.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta stated the Spain international suffered the injury in his first training session with the club when teammate Gabriel Magalhaes accidentally fell on him.
The 28-year-old moved to the Emirates from Real Soceidad earlier this week and was in line to make his debut in the Premier League clash against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.
“It’s very unfortunate. Yesterday [Thursday] he had a collision and he’s got a shoulder injury and it looks like he’ll be out for a few weeks,” Arteta said in his presser on Friday.
“It was in his first session with us. It’s really bad luck, we were all excited, everything was looking good.
“He landed on the floor, Gabriel fell on top of him and it looks like he has a small fracture.
“He was in so much pain, we have to see. He’ll do more tests which will have more conclusive answers.”
Arteta also refused to comment on a possible transfer for Chelsea forward, Raheem Sterling, as the Englishman has been offered to the North London outfit.
“You know that I can’t talk about any other player,” he said.
“In terms of the numbers and the quality, can we improve the squad? For sure there are margins there.
“We know about the depth of the squad and it’s something that we cannot change dramatically in one or two seasons.
“We are constantly trying to build the numbers, which is something critical, and on top of that bring more quality.”
