Bukayo Saka has been out of a hamstring injury since December 21, but the Arsenal star is now finally approaching a return for their quarterfinals of Champions League against Real Madrid
Bukayo Saka has given Arsenal a huge fitness boost for their confrontation with Real Madrid. Arsenal Saka posted a photo of herself back in training with a huge smile on his face on social media with the caption: “Hello” again to show that he is on his way to return to the first team.
Saka has been out since December, when he underwent surgery on his hamstring, but worked hard to come back on time for the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Arsenal stands for Real Madrid on the Emirates on April 7 and then the return to Spain on Wednesday 15 April, with Saka that is the chance of being available.
As revealed by Mirror Football earlier this month, Saka watched a place on the couch on April 1 or Everton four days later for the Fulham match, with the hope of being available to be admitted to the team to face Madrid.
Saka has performed his fitness on the international break, while many of his teammates are gone with their countries. He is desperate to return to action, have been out since December 21 and missed 12 Premier League matches and a total of 20 games.
Arsenal, however, is determined not to hurry his return, given the nature of hamstring injuries and the fact that Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli have all been put aside for important parts of this season.
Saka contributed nine goals and 13 assists in 24 games in all games before he sustained his injury in the 5-1 victory over Crystal Palace just before Christmas. Despite the fact that he has been on the sidelines for more than three months, he remains the best contribution of Arsenal in terms of combined goals and assists.
Mikel Arteta was guarded when he was asked for updates about his star player, but gave April as a rough timeline for his return earlier this month. 'He has a good chance [of returning in April]”He said for the victory over Chelsea.” He will be here [at London Colney]Hopefully more with the ball at his feet than he had. He is getting closer; He gets up and makes very good progress. “
The chances of Arsenal to win a first Premier League title since 2003/04 have disappeared while Saka is on the sidelines, with Liverpool now 12 points clearly at the top. But they remain hopeful to reach Real Madrid to reach the semi -final of the Champions League for the first time since 2008/09.
With this coming weekend at the FA Cup, Arsenal will have to wait until Tuesday until their next game against Fulham in the Premier League. They then have a trip to Merseyside to combat Everton for the home leg against Real Madrid in Noord -Londen.
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