Arsenal star Bukayo Saka picture back in training for first time since injury
Arsenal fans are breathing a collective sigh of relief after Bukayo Saka confirme he had returne to training on Thursday.
Saka, 23, went down with a hamstring problem สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที during Arsenal’s 5-1 win at Crystal Palace in December and Mikel Arteta’s worst fears were confirme as it became clear the forward require surgery, ruling him out for three months.
The injury means Saka was unable to play a part in the Gunners’ last 19 matches in all competitions, which came as a hammer blow to the club’s already dwindling Premier League title hopes. The north Londoners were also knocke out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup in that time.
Arteta has desperately short of options in attack, with Mikel Merino deputising as a false nine in the absence of Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz – who are both sideline for remainder of the season.
However, Saka has gradually steppe up his recovery in recent weeks and the England international will no doubt be desperate to play a key role in Arsenal’s two-legge Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid.
There are hopes Saka could even be involved in Arsenal’s upcoming league games against Fulham and Everton, though Arteta will want to wrap up his star man in cotton wool – with Europe’s premier competition now the club’s most realistic shot of silverware.
‘Hello again,’ Saka told his followers on Instagram, along with a photograph showing him beaming out on the grass at London Colney.
Just moments after Saka poste his update, Arsenal share a short message of their own, reassuring supporters that the attacker had ‘working hard’ back out on the training field again.
Saka joine the rest of Arteta’s first-team squad for their warm-weather training camp last month, but the winger only partook in light gym work in Dubai.
Before the international break, Arteta reveale that Saka was ramping up his rehabilitation and ‘getting closer’ to his return.