M
AV
Saturday, August 3
Collect News Data

Premier League

Arsenal

Aug 11, 2019 at 2pm UK
NewcastleNewcastle United
vs.
Arsenal
 

Game Menu

/esi/1339/6_G_1_92513/index.html?art_id=366408&game_id=92513&sport_id=1&ESI

Alexandre Lacazette confident of being fit for Arsenal season opener

:Headline: Alexandre Lacazette confident of being fit for Arsenal season opener:
The Frenchman suffered an ankle injury during the Gunners' Emirates Cup defeat to Lyon.
PA | 4d

Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette is confident of being fit for the start of the Premier League season.

Lacazette suffered an ankle injury in the early stages of the Gunners' 2-1 Emirates Cup defeat to Lyon on Sunday and left the stadium with a protective boot on his foot.

The Gunners are assessing him, but do not think it is a serious problem.

The France international lasted only 15 minutes before coming off (Nick Potts/PA)

Boss Unai Emery was relaxed about it when he spoke after the match and the 28-year-old told reporters that he does not expect to be sidelined for long.

Asked whether he might be out for one or two weeks, Lacazette replied: "No, before (that). Soon."

An indication of how bad the injury is will be whether he travels to France for Arsenal's friendly against Angers on Wednesday.

Either way, Emery expects to have the France international available for the Premier League opener against Newcastle in 13 days time.

"It's in his ankle," Emery said after the defeat to Lyon. "He will probably be assessed over the next few days – but it's not serious.

"We are thinking it's not important, he decided with the doctor and with me that it is better to take no more risk.

"He tried to continue playing but I think it was better in the pre-season to take patience.

"The doctor said to me he is going to check tomorrow but the thinking is that it is not important."

body check tags ::
amp_article_366408 : Collect and Make Data not in DataBase  : 
last updated article - 2019-07-29 11:21:13:
html db last update - 2019-08-02 10:13:27 :

ex - 7200 : read : write cache and make html

Click here for more stories about Alexandre Lacazette

Click here for more stories about Arsenal

Share this article now:

Subscribe to our Newsletter


Transfer Talk Daily
Match previews - twice weekly
Morning Briefing (7am UTC)
UC
Get the latest transfer news, match previews and news direct to your inbox!
Recommended Next on SM
Emery insists Lacazette's injury is 'not serious' after Arsenal lose to Lyon
Man Utd 'reach £80m Harry Maguire agreement'
Man United 'considering Eriksen move'
Pepe 'turned down Liverpool for Arsenal'

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

Select and display your favourite team's news and scores in this panel

Subscribe to our Newsletter


Transfer Talk Daily
Match previews - twice weekly
Morning Briefing (7am UTC)
UC
Get the latest transfer news, match previews and news direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

Select and display your favourite team's news and scores in this panel
X

We value your privacy

A part of our GDPR compliance we need to ask for your consent. We and our partners use technology such as cookies on Sports Mole to personalise content and ads, provide social media features, and analyse our traffic. Click below to consent to the use of this technology on Sports Mole.