In an effort to bolster their offensive options after Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus sustained long-term injuries in the second part of the previous season, Viktor Gyokeres joined Arsenal in the summer. The combination of Gyokeres and Havertz promised to bolster the Gunners in the last third, and Mikel Arteta was handed a striker in outstanding form at Sporting Club.
But Havertz has had trouble staying healthy, and the team has seldom ever had both forwards available at the same time since the beginning of the season. Now that Gyokeres is on the treatment table with Havertz, things seem to be getting better as both players get closer to making a comeback.
Arteta is quite optimistic that the Gunners will finally have both attackers available for selection over the weekend. Since both of them have played significant roles in his goals in recent months, he has been keen to collaborate with them at the same time. The manager thinks that Gyokeres and Havertz working well together might provide his team the diversity and balance they haven’t been able to fully use thus far.
Arteta delivers positive injury updates ahead of Bayern
Arteta considered the difficulty of leading without both strikers as his team gets ready to play Bayern Munich in the Champions League. “That has not been the case,” he stated, according to Hayters. Even though we are nearing the end of November—nearly half of the season—Kai and Victor have not yet been on the same team.
“Hopefully we are going to be in that position,” he continued. I’m hoping so. His remarks highlight the sense of expectation surrounding their anticipated return as well as the frustration of earlier weeks. With both players getting closer to full fitness, Arsenal has more depth and confidence going into a big European match.
But before the game, when questioned about Gyökeres and Kai Havertz, who is also out due to a little setback, Arteta responded, “Really good, both of them, in the next few days, they will have scans to see if we can push them for the weekend.”
It was anticipated that Havertz wouldn’t return until the end of the next month. Martinelli returned as an unused substitute and trained extensively on Tuesday, while Madueke made his first appearance since September when he came off the bench in Sunday’s derby victory.
