Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze is set to miss a significant stretch of the run-in after suffering a calf injury that will keep him out for at least a month.<\/p>\n
According to The Athletic, the suggestions are that Eze will need between four and six weeks on the sidelines. The injury is not thought to be particularly serious, but its timing is damaging. Eze was forced to withdraw from the England squad and missed a final audition for a place in this summer\u2019s World Cup squad. The absence is also a clear setback for Arsenal as they press their title challenge.<\/p>\n
A four-week layoff would see Eze return at the end of April, while six weeks would carry him into mid-May. That window places the midfielder behind the wheel of a compressed fixture list that includes the FA Cup quarterfinal at Southampton, two Champions League quarterfinal ties with Sporting CP and crucial Premier League fixtures against Bournemouth, Manchester City and Newcastle United.<\/p>\n
The Carabao Cup final defeat, which came against one of their title rivals, already represents a psychological blow at a delicate phase of the season and now Arsenal must regroup without one of their in-form midfielders.<\/p>\n
Eze appears likely to miss the trip to Manchester City on April 19, a match that could prove decisive in the title race, and is unlikely to be available for the visit of Newcastle on April 25 even if he has returned to training. Arsenal then begin May at home to Fulham before a trip to West Ham United on May 9, by which point Eze will hope to be fit again. The FA Cup final is scheduled for May 16, which sits at the end of Eze\u2019s projected recovery timeline, and any potential Champions League final later in May would fall after that period.<\/p>\n
Arsenal face an intense April and the club will need squad depth while Eze completes rehabilitation and aims to return for the closing weeks of the domestic season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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