Bukayo Saka is recovering from his hamstring injury and aiming to be in peak condition prior to the champions league showdown against Madrid that could bolster Arterta’s artillery for visiting Spain.
Arteta Is Confident Regarding The Return Of Bukayo Saka Prior To Face Real Madrid In The Champions League Quarter Finals In April
Saka picked up an injury last year and has not featured for Arsenal since December after his surgery. His absence, along with Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havartz, became a key factor of Arsenal’s trailing in the Premier league. However, in the CL round of 16, Gunners scored 9 goals in two matches, which is contradictory to their league performance.
Saka will be available to face Madrid in CL
Arteta is expecting Saka’s return after the international break and will be available for the Fulham game on 1st April at home. Arteta said, “He is going to be here [at the Arsenal training ground], hopefully more with the ball at his feet than he has had.”
A week later, Real Madrid will visit Emirates for the first leg of CL and Saka will get one official game before this in the league to check his potential of play. Even before visiting Spain for the return leg, Saka will get a match against Brentford to reshape his position and gear up for the tough challenge.
Saka is recovering fast and putting a lot of effort into training
Mikel Arteta is confident regarding his student’s return, he said, “He has done quite a lot already on the pitch working on his own. That will mean he is passing the ball and shooting and running and everything.”
“Next we need to arrange it with people around him in a more competitive training session and see how he goes with that. He’s getting closer, he’s stepping up and making very good progress, I would say. So, let’s see when we start to throw him in with the team, how he reacts and how fit he can get quickly,” the Spanish coach added.
H/T- Metro
