Arsenal's Gabriel injured 'for weeks,' misses Tottenham game

"Arsenal have been dealt an injury blow ahead of the north London derby with key defender Gabriel Magalhães ruled out "for weeks." The 27-year-old, an ever-present this season in a Gunners side who have conceded just five Premier League goals, suffered a thigh injury on international duty with Brazil. He sustained the problem on familiar territory, limping off during a friendly against Senegal at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium over the weekend."

""Gabriel, unfortunately, picked up an injury with the Brazilian national team and he's going to be out for weeks," Arteta said. "We need to have another scan -- I think it's next Wednesday -- and we'll have the timeline probably much more clear than we have at the moment." Piero Hincapié and Cristhian Mosquera are both in contention to deputise for Gabriel against Spurs."

""It's clearly a blow because he's our leader in our backline and to me it's never a positive thing," Arteta said. "The good thing is that we have very good options and people have to stand up now and do the job." Viktor Gyokores, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and captain Martin Odegaard have all been on the injured list lately, but Arteta hopes to have positive news about at least a couple of them ahead of Sunday. "We put a lot of energy during the international break with all the medical staff to try to bring them as quickly as possible," the Spaniard added. "So tomorrow we have another training session, to see how some of them are feeling, whether it's a bit too close"

Gabriel Magalhães has suffered a thigh injury while on international duty with Brazil and will be out for weeks after limping off during a friendly at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Manager Mikel Arteta confirmed the defender will miss the forthcoming north London derby and said a further scan next Wednesday should clarify the recovery timeline. Piero Hincapié and Cristhian Mosquera are being considered as temporary replacements. Several other first-team players, including Viktor Gyokores, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and captain Martin Odegaard, have recent injury issues and are being assessed by the medical staff.

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