Riccardo Calafiori has been sent home from the Italy national team after failing to recover from injury, bringing an early end to his international break. The defender suffered a hip problem when Arsenal played against Sunderland, and the club had initially hoped he would remain in London to focus on his recovery. Despite this, the Italian national team insisted that he report to camp so that their medical staff could conduct further assessments. Calafiori complied with the request, but he has not trained with the group since arriving.
He missed Italy’s first match against Moldova, and although the Azzurri were hopeful that he would recover in time to feature in their upcoming game against Norway, that possibility has now been ruled out. After ongoing evaluations, it became clear that the defender would not be fit for tomorrow’s match. As a result, he has been sent home to continue his recovery with Arsenal.
Italy Decide to Release the Defender
According to Football Italia, the national team no longer saw the need to keep him in camp once they determined that he would not be available for their next fixture. Calafiori has been an important player for Italy, and the expectation was that he would have started every match in this international window if he had been fit. His absence is therefore a setback for the national side, who had counted on his presence in defence.
His withdrawal also highlights the delicate balance between club and country during international breaks, particularly when players travel while carrying minor injuries. In this instance, Italy wanted to assess him personally, but the conclusion has been the same as Arsenal’s initial concern, namely that the defender requires more time to recover.
Arsenal Focuses on His Recovery Ahead of NLD
For Arsenal, the priority now is ensuring that Calafiori returns to full fitness as soon as possible. Their next match is a high-profile meeting with Tottenham, and the Gunners need all their starters ready for a fixture of such significance. Calafiori has quickly become an important figure within the squad, and he will not want to miss the derby. Whether he is available will depend entirely on how he responds to treatment in the coming days.
The focus now shifts to a careful recovery process, with Arsenal hoping he can return in time while avoiding any risk of aggravating the injury further.
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Other injury news this morning is that Gabriel has possibly done his groin in Brazils friendly with Senegal yesterday.
I’m getting well pixxed with the Running Man ad continuously taking over my screen while on Just Arsenal. Anyone else with this issue?
Yes Jax I’m plagued with ads all the time and after having had my tablet and phone virus checked etc have been informed it’s JA which is the problem. I don’t get these intrusive ads with any other site.
This issue was with us several months ago but it went away, it seems to have resurface recently.
With Gabriel Magahlase and Calafiori in doubt, we could see both Hincapié and Lewis Skelly starting in the North London derby.
It is for these reasons, why I was disappointed we hadn’t seen more of these players at the stadium of light
Both won’t start
I can understand if they don’t start in the derby, but in my opinion Hincapié is the perfect player to deputize for Gabriel Magahlase.
The Ecuadorian strength is in his physicality, tactical flexibility and progressive style.
Have seen him in action, seems very good in one and one duel , and like the big Brazilian he’s good at winning headers and plays multiple defensive positions, such left back and center back .
Am surprised we haven’t seen more of him at Arsenal yet,
Hincapié is class, yeah. I would expect him to start in one of those two positions if Gabriel and Calafiori aren’t fit.
Maybe we’ll see MLS at left back, but I’d think Hincapié would be preferred. It could be the case that Mosquera is brought in to sub for Gabriel while Hincapié covers the left. I guess we’ll find out on the day.
GB & Gunsmoke, I’m so pleased that I’m not alone in my suffering🤣. Only happens on my laptop, not my phone.I’ve had it before on here when one of the ads that I opened installed some malware, which I was fortunate to be able to get rid of. Admin must be aware of this issue, so why don’t they deal with it?
You would wonder, Jax.
The ads are a flipping nightmare tbh – particularly when using my phone.
Sue, I did previously mention the malware ad to admin and they removed it immediately, so perhaps they’ll do something about the Running Man ad that just takes over my screen. It’s easy to get rid of, but keeps coming back.
This for me is why I find International football a complete irritation most of the time.
If I had my way there would be only 2 friendly games played. 1 before the Euro’s, and 1 before the World Cup.
Other than that, only qualifiers and the tournaments themselves. And the equivalent for the South Americans, African and Asian nations.
I know some people will say, but friendly’s are needed to try out different formations and different players, for me that doesn’t matter so much. As it would be the same for every country, and the ones that deal with it best will adapt to it.
Seeing one of you’re clubs player’s pick up an injury in a qualifier or a tournament is one thing. But to see it happen in these meaningless friendly’s is another.
They irritate the life out of me if I’m honest. 😠🤦♂️
Think the legendary Frenchman Arsne, did try to offer a solution, where all these international games would be compressed into one month, it may not have gotten much traction.
Though one month feels like a long wait