Gabriel Magalhães won’t play till subsequent season in harm blow for Arsenal | Arsenal

Arsenal have confirmed that Gabriel Magalhães requires surgical procedure on his injured hamstring and can miss the remainder of the season in a significant blow earlier than the primary leg of their Champions League quarter-final towards Actual Madrid on Tuesday.

The Brazil defender limped off after 16 minutes of Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Fulham on Tuesday, with Mikel Arteta stating after the match that the participant had “felt one thing in his hamstring”. Gabriel was despatched for scans on Wednesday.

“We will affirm that Gabriel Magalhães has sustained a hamstring harm which requires surgical procedure,” an Arsenal assertion mentioned. “Gabi will endure a surgical restore process to his hamstring within the coming days, and instantly start his restoration and rehabilitation programme, with the goal to be prepared for the beginning of subsequent season.”

Gabriel has been certainly one of Arsenal’s excellent performers this season and his absence leaves Arteta with main points earlier than Saturday’s journey to Everton within the Premier League and Tuesday’s recreation at dwelling to Madrid. Jakub Kiwior deputised for Gabriel towards Fulham. The versatile Jurriën Timber was pressured off with a knee harm and it’s not identified whether or not he’ll return.

Ben White, who can also be able to taking part in centrally, missed the Fulham recreation with a knee harm and Riccardo Calafiori is out for at the least two weeks after being injured with Italy. It leaves Arteta with doubtlessly solely 4 match defenders. The strikers Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus have been dominated out for the season and Mikel Merino has been deployed as a makeshift centre-forward in current weeks.

Liverpool’s win over Everton on Wednesday means Arsenal are 12 factors behind the leaders earlier than their closing go to to Goodison Park. The Premier League title could possibly be wrapped up by the point Arsenal play at Anfield in a fixture moved to Sunday 11 Might. Arsenal will host Crystal Palace on Wednesday 23 April due to Palace’s FA Cup semi-final towards Aston Villa the next weekend.