Arsenal dealt huge blow ‘with England star ruled out for two months with knee injury’

Arsenal‘s strong start to the season has hit another bump in the road with news that they will be without a key player for the foreseeable future.

The Gunners are already without captain Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus and another attack-minded player is now set for a spell on the sidelines.

The player in question? Noni Madueke who is now set to be out of action for two months with a knee injury, according to The Athletic.

They add that his scans on Monday showed he avoided rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in a relief to the forward, manager Mikel Arteta and England boss Thomas Tuchel.

Madueke suffered the injury during the first half of Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon – and was forced to come off at half-time as a result.

The two-month time-frame means Madueke is likely to miss at least 11 Arsenal matches, which could increase depending on their Carabao Cup participation too.

On top of that he is set to miss at least one international window with England which would be next month’s, with it currently unlikely that he would feature in November’s too.