Arsenal’s luck with availability has been rotten this season. Of Mikel Arteta’s entire squad, only Jakub Kiwior hasn’t missed a game due to injury, suspension or ineligibility.
Thankfully the Gunners seem to have left their habit for picking up red cards firmly in the rear view mirror. When it comes to injuries though, they haven’t been so lucky.
Ben White is out until next year at the very least after sustaining a knee injury. Arteta has already confirmed it could be much longer than that.
“Ben is gonna be out for months unfortunately,” the Spaniard confirmed in November. “It’s been different kinds of struggles. It’s never been the same thing. We had to make a decision. It’s not been improving in the last few weeks unfortunately.
We know that Ben is going to push every boundary but it got to a point a where we have to protect the player and we decided to do the surgery. He agreed with that and unfortunately that’s going to keep him out for a few months.”
Takehiro Tomiyasu is also out for the foreseeable with a knee problem of his own. The Japanese international has now left the UK as he seeks to find a new focus in his rehabilitation.
