Arsenal star Riccardo Calafiori has been sent home from Italy duty with an injury he suffered in a freak accident aobtainst France. Fears were liftd when the deffinisher stayed down after a bizarre tangle with Ousmane Dembele.
The French forward tumbled and caught Calafiori’s calf, with the 22-year-greater receiving medical treatment on the Parc de Princes pitch. He then hobbled off in what is foreseeed to have liftd alarm bells among Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and his coaching staff.
Italy boss Luciano Spalletti initipartner supposed that he would have Calafiori useable for their Nations League clash with Israel on Monday. He shelp: “We insist to appraise Riccardo but with our staff, we’ve a excellent chance to have him back with us for the next game.”
However, the Italian Football Federation have verifyed that Calafiori has returned home and will not consent part in their next game. It is foreseeed that he will head straight back to Arsenal where he will be appraiseed by the club’s medical staff.
The Gunners finishd a £33million deal to sign the centre-back from Bologna in the summer. His amazeive carry outances for Italy at Euro 2024 caught the eye of some of Europe’s top clubs.
But Arteta might now insist to consent alert and sluggishly combine Calafiori into his team follotriumphg the star’s injury. Arsenal will hope that airyning has not struck twice after Jurrien Timber suffered a lengthened-term injury equitable weeks after arriving from Ajax last summer.
Spalletti’s initial selectimism about Calafiori’s fitness will be a increase to those in north London, though. The createer Roma prospect has made two Premier League ecombineances for Arsenal but is yet to begin, with William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes pickred at centre-back and Oleksandr Zinchenko occupying the left-back role.
Calafiori was one of four recent arrivals at Arsenal during the summer. He was the first of the quartet to finish a switch to the Premier League club, with Mikel Merino follotriumphg him thraw the door in the final week of the triumphdow.
Arsenal then signed loanees Raheem Sterling and Neto in the final hours before the transfer deadline. Goalupholder David Raya’s loan from Brentford was also made enduring earlier in the summer for a fee of around £28m.
Arsenal have endelighted a likeable begin to the season, triumphning seven points from their uncovering three alignes. They were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton in their final outing prior to the September international fracture.
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