Arsenal have suffered two fresh injury concerns following their 1-0 victory over West Ham, with both Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori forced off during the match because of physical problems.
The Gunners have dealt with several injury setbacks throughout the season, although there had been hope within the club that they could avoid further issues during the final stretch of the campaign. Arsenal remain in contention for both the Premier League title and the Champions League, making squad fitness increasingly important ahead of their final competitive fixtures.
Fresh injury concerns for Arsenal
Mikel Arteta’s side already has several players unavailable through injury, and the loss of White and Calafiori would create additional concerns as the pressure intensifies in the closing weeks of the season. Both players have played important roles during the current campaign, and their potential absence could affect Arsenal’s defensive stability and tactical flexibility moving forward.
During the match against West Ham, both defenders were unable to continue and had to be substituted. Arteta later confirmed that Calafiori’s withdrawal was not a tactical decision, raising concerns about the seriousness of the issue.
The Arsenal manager was then questioned about White’s condition and admitted there was immediate concern surrounding the defender’s injury situation after the final whistle.
Arteta provides worrying White update
As reported by the Metro, Arteta said: “We don’t know [the severity], but it doesn’t look good at all.
“He needs some further testing tomorrow probably and I will know a bit more.”
The update has increased anxiety among Arsenal supporters, particularly given the importance of the remaining matches this season. White and Calafiori have both been key contributors throughout the campaign and losing either player for an extended period would represent a major setback for the club’s ambitions.
Arsenal will now wait for the results of further medical assessments before determining the extent of the injuries and possible recovery timelines. There remains hope within the club that both players could return before the final game of the season, although more clarity is expected after additional testing is completed.
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Obviously all injuries are a concern, however I am slightly less concerned about Calafiori as we have decent cover in Hincapie.
I am much more concerned about White as we don’t have natural cover there. I am sure Mosquera can do a job for us initially, but it is such a vital time of the season.
Also, we will desperately need a Timber that has played a full 90 before the UCL final, which might be some sort of miracle given there’s only 3 games of PL to be played.
There’s a surprise, Calafiori injured again.
Be nice Derek 😁 If you had also said White, SueP and me would have come after you, lol.
You’d be right BB😆
Bruised Banana and SueP,
I might be silly, but I’m not daft. 😂😉👍
We wonder why we get so many injuries but we also need to look at why White got his and maybe explain some of the others as well. I was really surprised at the way White tackled. His foot was just dangling and he (as well as others) do not tackle properly. It may be old school but you should always plant you foot, when you are tackling and many of our players don’t. Its a coaching thing and I am surprised at the way we allow our players to tackle. I was taught and I taught my players when I was running teams in football to tackle with a planted foot. Its not good to go into a tackle all dangly. Get your foot down. Otherwise you get injured.
Reggie
BW got the injury because of poor technique.
But did Calafiori get injured? I thought it was a tactical decision to bring on Mosquera to put Rice back in MF. Of course it could also be managing Cala’s time as he has recently returned.
@ IGL, the commentators said at the start of the second half that they were told that it was a strategic move and nothing to do with an injury.
Strange, they would normally just say he felt a bit of niggle.
I don’t know but if we play like White in training and games, there is no wonder we get so many injuries. Technique is massive. Or lack of.
Reggie, also White looked like he went in half hearted. I was taught you had to be fully committed, otherwise if you weren’t you would more than likely come out injured.
Exactly. It was poor technique and sloppy.
That’s what Neville was telling us on commentary. I just thought it was usual Gary Neville Slop & Nonsense. It’s actually true is it?
I groan when I hear Neville’s voice. Who can forget his “punch them in the face” comment v Liverpool, and his “you win nothing with a handbrake on” comments. You don’t win titles without clean sheets and unbeaten runs is the truth of it.
Sky needs to move Neville on, he’s a liability to their coverage now. In fact Sky’s coverage of yesterday’s game was poor in many ways – why five slow motion replays from 5 different angles when the live game is back in motion again? You could hear fans in background the game was already live, when cut to live feed ball was tother end of pitch.
Its what I was taught many moons ago, and I stand by it.
Most pundits and so called experts have as their goal to make themselves noticed no matter what they have to say even if they don’t personally believe it. A good example I ran into this morning was an article from ESPN’s top “analyst” who tried to make the case that MA was being hypocritical about his approval of the WH VAR decision. To do so, he went as far as stating that there had been NO contact on Eze in the 1st leg at AM and therefore it was correct to award no penalty while MA and so many others saw something completely different on the video replay.
MA wears rose colored glasses from time to time but most managers that I’ve ever seen are the same yet they aren’t being hypocritical just because they are biased and believe what they say. The pundits know many will love drinking this Kool-Aid because of their preconceived notions (in this case about MA) and others will hate it either for the same reason or for its disingenuous nature. All just my opinion of course.
It creates interest and thats the aim. It isn’t about right and wrong because opinion is not about right and wrong. Its about making a brand bigger and causing a wave of interest.
It’s more into influencer and brand than proper football commentary.
Eze was deffo caught for that penalty in Madrid that never was. With replays and without, a desperate hasty lunge that never got anywhere near the ball whomps Eze’s foot. Obvious foul. What’s more, from his great view the ref instantly gave the penalty.
With regard to the recurring injuries to White and more especially Calafiori, nether of these guys are natural full backs and earlier in their careers they developed as centre backs more befitting the fact that they are fairly tall .At Arsenal they have been used mainly as full backs which today entails a lot more running, twisting and turning than at centre back.As a consequence their muscles and joints are subjected to more pressure and strain than they were in their early career and not unexpectedly they become more susceptible to injury.As Reggie has correctly pointed out basic technique is a big factor in avoiding injury,and the combination of both these factors seem to have afflicted White and Calafiori to a certain degree.The continued absence of Timber will be a massive blow as far as the Euopean Cup Final is concerned but unless he gets some game time against Burnley or Palace their is no point in risking him.
Grandad, Calafiori only had one season as a CB and that was at Balogna. Before that he played at LB. He did suffer a nasty injury early in his career which sidelined for many months, I think it may have been an ACL injury.
Thanks HD.It’s such a pity that his injuries are impacting on his career as he is a very talented player.
Love Ricky. Such a talented player.