Arsenal will travel to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in their second league match of the season on saturday. The Gunners lost their first match against Manchester city 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium in new manager’s Unai Emery first official match in charge. Ahead of the match, the Arsenal medical team has through the official club website released players who will be unavailable for the Chelsea clash. Below is the team news.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Ainsley has sustained a small fracture to his left fibula and will be out for six to eight weeks.
Carl Jenkinson
Carl has sustained a significant sprain to his right ankle and will be out for six to eight weeks.
Sead Kolasinac
Sead has a left knee injury. We are aiming for him to return to training in October.
Laurent Koscielny
Right Achilles tendon repair. We are aiming for Laurent to return to training in November.
Nacho Monreal and Danny Welbeck
Both players are in full training.
Shortly after the Premier League summer transfer window was closed, Arsenal was about to start worrying about the winter window. According to the “Daily Telegraph” report, Arsenal coach Emery will face a huge player salary limit in the winter transfer window in January next year.
Although Wilshere, Cazorla and Perez left Arsenal this summer, the Gunners also introduced Leno, Papastatopoulos, Guendozzi and Lichsteiner, and also xhaka and Maitland Niles completed the renewal, which increased the salary they needed to pay.
The Daily Telegraph pointed out that there is still a big reason for this situation, that is, Arsenal signed Aubameyang and Mikhitaryan in January this year, and the Gunners also provided Özil with A new contract with a weekly salary of more than £300,000.
Although there are still some players who can leave before the international transfer window closes, Arsenal still wants to renew with Ramsey. The Daily Telegraph believes that Arsenal will not be able to make important signings if there is no major transfer.
But this situation will not continue. There will be a new shirt sponsorship contract next summer, which will improve the situation. Emirates’ new advertising sponsorship, as well as the first use of the armband sponsorship, will bring Arsenal an additional £20 million in annual revenue. In addition, the “Daily Telegraph” revealed that Adidas is expected to replace Hummer in 2019 to become Arsenal’s new shirt sponsor, so the gunmen hope to get 20 million pounds a year