Arsenal suffer injury in Spurs pre-season clash | OneFootball

Leandro Trossard appeared to pick up an injury during Arsenal’s pre-season friendly against Tottenham Hotspur, managing just 17 minutes on the pitch.

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Leandro Trossard wasn’t named in the starting lineup for Arsenal’s pre-season match against Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, but the winger was introduced in the 68th minute with his team 1-0 down.

Yet despite his substitution occurring midway through the second half, Trossard didn’t complete the match, and he was forced off for Reiss Nelson in the 85th minute following an injury.

The setback is a blow for Arsenal, both because it reduces the team’s wide options and also it potentially rules out one of their more sellable assets in the remainder of the transfer window.

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Given the primary goal of pre-season is generally to build fitness, Arsenal’s preparations for the new campaign have been somewhat disastrous.

Gabriel Magalhaes suffered a (hopefully minor) injury setback before the trip to Singapore, Riccardo Calafiori picked up an injury against Newcastle United, Kepa Arrizabalaga picked up a training injury, and now Trossard is seemingly injured as well.

There was even some minor concern about Bukayo Saka on Thursday, as he went down after a collision and was immediately withdrawn. Though Arsenal were already preparing substitutes and Saka may have been in line to come off anyway.

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The AC Milan game is the only one everyone appeared to come through unscathed, and Arsenal definitely can’t afford further setbacks in their final two friendlies against Villarreal and Athletic Club.

The upside is that both of those matches will be back on the pitch at the Emirates Stadium. The poor quality pitches on tour have likely played some role in the injury issues so far, but that won’t apply to the remainder of pre-season.