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Arsenal are living to be without Gabriel Jesus for the start of the season having had surgical operation on a knee injury, Mikel Arteta has printed.
The Gunners capped off their pre-season schedule with victory within the Emirates Cup as they beat Monaco 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
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They now face one remaining test sooner than the Premier League returns with a shuttle to Wembley for the Community Shield in opposition to Manchester City, stay on talkSPORT.
Alternatively, their preparations ahead of Sunday’s clash were scuppered as a result of Jesus’ most modern injury.
The Brazilian was passed over of the squad that beat Monaco and boss Mikel Arteta printed the reason why soon after elephantine-time.
“Sadly he had a small bit design this morning,” the Spaniard acknowledged on the 26-year-former.
“He’s had some discomfort in his knee that precipitated him some considerations, so that they’d to switch in [for surgery]. He’s going to be out for a number of weeks.”
He added: “A mountainous blow as a result of we had him assist to his very most realistic, in particular with the trend he performed in opposition to Barcelona and he was in comely situation but unfortunately we misplaced him.
“We needed to seem at at it and we needed to form a resolution and the last phrase one is to present protection to the player and get him assist as hasty as that it is most likely you’ll well take into accounts. We determined to tag it.
“It’s something connected to the earlier injury he had and the surgical operation. He had some irritation within the knee and we needed to get it resolved.”
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Jesus missed over three months of last season as a result of a knee injury he sustained at the World Cup with Brazil.
He returned to motion in March and scored six targets sooner than the head of the campaign, and even netted right thru pre-season.
Arsenal fans would possibly well additionally simply also be living to withhold an peer on their observation summer signing Declan Rice ahead of the weekend.
Within the route of their lap of honour spherical the Emirates Stadium pitch, he was seen hobbling amid a knock to the calf in practicing.
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The midfielder signed from West Ham in a £105million deal, with expectations therefore high.
Bukayo Saka additionally didn’t feature within the match, on the other hand, this was as a result of illness, so he will be in rivalry to face City.
