Viktor Gyokeres injury update as Arsenal hopeful over major double boost for Chelsea clash

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·25 November 2025

Viktor Gyokeres injury update as Arsenal hopeful over major double boost for Chelsea clash

Mikel Arteta reveals latest on star striker ahead of Bayern Munich test in Champions League

Arsenal could get both Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz back for this weekend’s Premier League showdown with Chelsea.

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Gyokeres has missed the last three Arsenal games after suffering a hamstring injury following his goal in the 2-0 win at promoted Burnley on November 1.

Mikel Arteta suggested last week that the £64million summer signing was close to a return after he withdrew from Sweden duty during the international break, but he missed out on the squad for the north London derby thrashing of Tottenham on Sunday and was still absent from training at London Colney on Tuesday.

Havertz, meanwhile, has not featured for Arsenal since the win at Manchester United on the opening weekend of the top-flight season after undergoing surgery on a knee problem.

Gyokeres and Havertz have both been ruled out of Tuesday’s high-profile Champions League showdown with Bayern Munich, though Arteta is hopeful after further assessment that they could be in contention for Sunday’s trip to Stamford Bridge that will see first play second in the Premier League.

Arsenal boss Arteta said: “Really good both of them. So in the next few days, again, I think they are going to have a repeat scan to see how everything is and whether we can push them - or not - for the weekend or the following game.”

Arteta said that Arsenal would decide in a meeting on Tuesday if Martin Odegaard would play against Bayern, having pushed to make his comeback in the 4-1 win over Spurs, only to be deemed not quite fit enough to be involved in such a big game.

The influential captain has not played since the 2-0 win over West Ham on October 4, having suffered a knee ligament injury soon after returning from a recurring shoulder complaint.

Arteta added that Gabriel Jesus was also “quite close” to returning from an anterior cruciate ligament rupture that has kept him on the sidelines since January, with Arsenal planning for the Brazilian to build up his fitness in a behind-closed-doors friendly before he is reintroduced to first-team action.

Arsenal are still without Gabriel Magalhaes, with the centre-back set for another scan this week to determine the full severity of an adductor injury suffered playing for Brazil that is expected to keep him out for a period of weeks.

However, fellow defender Riccardo Calafiori shrugged off a hip issue to start against Tottenham, while Noni Madueke came off the bench and Gabriel Martinelli was also included in the matchday squad after injury.