Arsenal vs Tottenham injury news as 11 ruled out and 4 doubts for Hong Kong friendly
All the latest injury news surrounding Arsenal and Tottenham ahead of their pre-season friendly in Hong Kong.
Arsenal and Tottenham face off in a pre-season friendly on Thursday as both sides step up their summer preparations. The Gunners have already played a couple of games in Asia, while Spurs have played some friendlies at home before making their way to Hong Kong, travelling on Monday.
Here we have rounded up the latest injury news surrounding both teams as they prepare to face off on Thursday.
Gabriel Jesus - Out
Gabriel Jesus suffered a ruptured ACL during January of this year, and that means he is going to be sidelined until the backend of Autumn in the best case scenario.
Jurrien Timber - Out
Timber is recovering from an ankle injury and won’t be available until some time in August. Arteta said recently: “Jurrien is still not there, he's not fully trained yet with us.”
Gabriel Magalhaes - Doubt
Gabriel has picked up a small injury and will be a doubt for this one. Arteta said after the Newcastle game: “Gabi had a little niggle the other day in training, and because of the fact that he's been out for so long as well. We have to manage him [and] minimise the risk.”
Viktor Gyokeres - Doubt
New signing Gyokeres has joined Arsenal in Asia, but he hasn’t been training this summer and is unlikely to feature so early. Arteta explained: “Well, I think he hasn’t had a single training session with the team since the last game with Sporting when they became champions. So, we will assess him... Everything is looking good, but to get him up to speed with the right levels of fitness, I think it is very important.”
Cristhian Mosquera - Doubt
It’s a similar case with Mosquera, but the defender does have a small advantage given he played in the under-21s Euros. Arteta said: “He played the U21 Euros, then he didn't really train with Valencia. The conditions here are really tough and there's a lot of info for him, a lot of physical demands that we put in, so we're going to have to manage him slowly.”
Riccardo Calafiori - Out
Calafiori has picked up an injury, with Arteta confirming: “Yeah, he said that he felt a little tweak, so I don't know how big it is, but hopefully not.” It’s extremely unlikely he will be risked here.
Radu Dragusin - Out
Dragusin has not travelled to Asia and remains home to continue his rehab from an ACL rupture he suffered last season. He will bout out until the winter.
Dejan Kulusevski - Out
Kulusevski has also remained in London to continue with his rehab from a knee injury.
James Maddison - Out
Maddison remains out as he works his way back from a knee injury. Frank has said: “James has been doing rehab, but in the last couple of sessions he's been doing part sessions [with the rest of the squad], so that's also a positive. He's getting closer.”
Richarlison - Doubt
Richarlison has a chance of playing here, with Frank saying over the weekend: “Richy has trained well, we’re just building him, that’s the big thing. He trained earlier today, and we expect a full training week next week and, right now, we expect him to play next week.”
Manor Solomon - Out
Solomon has not travelled due to a calf injury.
Kota Takai - Out
Takai has also stayed in North London to receive treatment on what has been described as a ‘minor injury’.
Alfie Devine - Out
Devine has not travelled after being given permission to explore an exit this summer.
Mikey Moore - Out
Moore is in the same situation after being granted permission to find a loan move this summer.
Dane Scarlett - Out
The same applies to Scarlett, too, with the striker expected to depart on another loan deal.