Arsenal boss Arteta on Havertz’s worrying recent injury record | OneFootball

Mikel Arteta has stressed the need for him to carefully manage Kai Havertz’s return from his most recent injury.

The Germany international is closing in on a return from his latest setback, and could be back in time for the north London derby with Tottenham on Sunday.

Havertz suffered a serious knee injury at the start of the season which kept him out from August until January.

He has since featured six times after returning, but has been forced to miss the last two games because of a hamstring problem.

“He was really good, and the last game against Sunderland at home, he finished the game, so we planned to play 60-70 minutes, he was good, but then post-game he had certain symptoms,” Arteta explained.

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“It doesn’t seem to be something very, very important, but enough to bring him down. Obviously, when you look at his load, don’t do almost anything in 11 months, and then start to play games.

“Obviously, the load is going to spike, and when that happens, sometimes the body reacts, and even though Kai wants to deny it, and we all want to deny it, we need to really manage that really well.”

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