Arsenal: Spain reveal Martin Zubimendi injury 'worry' as Luis de la Fuente is forced into substitution | OneFootball

Welcome news for Arsenal after seeing several players pick up knocks during the international break

Luis de la Fuente has played down any injury fears after Martin Zubimendi came off in Spain's win over Croatia.

He has fallen behind Myles Lewis-Skelly and Bruno Guimaraes in the pecking order and has played a total of 90 minutes in the Premier League across five substitute appearances.

Having been an unused substitute at Wembley when Spain beat England on Saturday, Zubimendi got his chance to start against Croatia.

The midfielder was replaced with 20 minutes remaining after indicating that he had potentially picked up an injury.

However, De la Fuente confirmed that Zubimendi told him there was no issue and that he was just feeling some tightness as a result of limited minutes this season.

“There was a moment when I got worried because he put his hand on the back of his leg, but he shook his head to say no [injury]," De La Fuente said.

"When he came off, he told me that he has played a lot of matches without getting many minutes and that he was feeling some tightness in his calves.”

Injury update: Martin Zubimendi

Kai Havertz returned to the club after suffering a hamstring injury in Germany's first match and no update has been provided by the club on how serious that is.