Bukayo Saka's injury casts a significant shadow over Arsenal and England's upcoming fixtures, adding to concerns about his recurring injury problems. Arsenal and the England national team suffered a setback with the injury sustained by Bukayo Saka during their Premier League match against Chelsea.

Reports in Italy suggested that the knee issue was not a serious one, and Arteta confirmed ahead of the trip to Newcastle that the defender was likely to miss a “few weeks”. There has been no firm update on Calafiori’s recovery, but Arsenal will hope to have him available again later this month.

Arsenal will be hoping that several fitness concerns begin to ease over the course of the November international break. Mikel Arteta has been forced to deal with several injury concerns across the first 11 matches of the Premier League season,