Gabriel out several weeks, Calafiori a doubt - Arteta - video Dailymotion

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on the injury to Gabriel and the fitness of Ricardo Calafiori ahead of the North London Derby with Tottenham Sobha Realty Training Centre, London, UK

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00:00Can I start off with any clarity you can give us on Gabriel and how serious that injury is?

00:05Yeah, Gabriel unfortunately picked up an injury with the Brazilian national team

00:09and he's going to be out for weeks.

00:12Can you give us any more clarity?

00:15No, we need to have another scan, I think it's next Wednesday,

00:19and we will have the timeline probably much more clear than we have at the moment.

00:25It's clearly a blow, but have you ever felt more comfortable about the players

00:29that you can actually bring in and the options that you have when you have injuries like this?

00:33Yeah, it's clearly a blow because it's our leader in our backline

00:38and to me, obviously, it's never a positive thing.

00:42The good thing, as you mentioned, is that we have very good options

00:46and people have to stand up now and do the job.

00:49Ricardo Calafiore missed the Italy game, is he OK?

00:53Yeah, he missed it, he wasn't available, he's been carrying a few things

00:57and we have to bring him back and he hasn't trained yet.

01:02Tomorrow we have another training session and see how he is.

01:05What chance the other injuries that you've had in Jokeres, Martinelli,

01:09and the other longer-term ones in Jesus, Havertz, Madweke, and...

01:14So, yeah, we put a lot of energy during the international break

01:19with all the medical staff as well to try to bring them as quick as possible.

01:25So, tomorrow we have another training session,

01:28see how some of them are feeling,

01:30whether it's a bit too close to bring them in this game

01:33or we feel that they can have a contribution in the game.

01:35So, tomorrow we'll have more clarity.

Gabriel out several weeks, Calafiori a doubt - Arteta

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