Bukayo Saka (7)

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Saka is an absolute warrior, sacrificed his body for club and country for years with no reward. Praying for him to recover and come back the same player.

RIP our title challenge. We're at risk of a Top 4 battle if we don't sign a replacement in January.

[Zenith]

There are lots of factors to consider when looking at a potential RTP...

The average is around 151 days from the @PremierInjuries database. And even though Saka has age on his side, those players under 25 tend to take a little longer (167).

However, positionally, attacking players generally recover the quickest, 135 days.

Just under half, 44%, of all players will return within four months, but only five have managed a comeback in less than 90 days.

So, all being well, realistically, we could be looking at a date in April...

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[theHotHead]

Could this be a time to unleash Nwaneri?? He is good enough at getting past players and he is direct on the ball, this may be his calling. Swipey called it, good shout.

Yea that would be Par for the course for Arteta.
" we need to not rush Nwaneri, he needs protection"

To now I'm going to start Nwaneri out of possition sink or swim for the little f***er it's his job or mine

the we use him and you lot bitch that we use him too much...

You live in hypothetical world. Try the real world. Professional footballer only got 13 mins of league football last season, fans were rightly up in arms. The same professional footballer has only managed 108 mins of league football this season when his direct replacement was out injured for half the elapsed season.

So yes normal fans are concerned that a clearly talented footballer is not getting enough minutes, as is the case with Arteta, overlooking players that should be getting more game time.

Are you incapable of not acting like a f***ing tool when you post comments?!

[Ach]

Gone soon?

He'll have seen last couple of weeks and seen what a shit show we are.

25m I think we'll get

[swipe right]

Saka been carrying the team like Cesc used to. The minute they step out it falls apart.

[Ach]

Saka been carrying the team like Cesc used to. The minute they step out it falls apart.

Literally reached CL Semi and fa cup semi in 2009 when the face of failure was out for months

[Roycck]

When is this guy back? Odegaard surely have missed him loads with his onside runs into the box.

[Gordon Bennit]

I don't think we will see him again this season. Read somewhere Arteta mentioned April, but that Martinelli might be back before. Seeing as Martinelli didn't tear a hamstring off the bone, that's a little bit worrying. I'm concerned we will miss top 4, but if by April we are more or less qualified for next year, and considering the season will be over by then in terms of anything tangible, give Saka the summer off. Tell England to go and self fornicate as well.

[Ach]

Hopefully back for the England games. Far more important than the dead rubbers we face

[Zenith]

Even though the club has been making an effort to keep it from the public, Saka's been back in training for about a week or so.

[alexis2015finalgoal]

He should only play this season if we reach the CL final. and only then on the bench should it come to pens or something, or we need a piece of magic in the latter 90 mins or ET. If not, then he shouldn't play this season. it's a major injury, and he's been overplayed. The same should apply with England. Tuchel should rest him until next season, and maybe not even poay him fully in the qualifiers since we should qualify anyhow.