Arsenal injury updates: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Emile Smith-Rowe added to the list

Just a couple of weeks ago, Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta was in the enviable position of having nearly a full Arsenal squad to choose from, but with this afternoon’s game against Sheffield United coming up, it has now been revealed that 2 more players are now unavailable for the game.

In midweek, David Luiz had some knee surgery which may cause him to miss the rest of the season, and Kieran Tierney will miss as well. His knee won’t need an operation like David Luiz, but he will still be out for most of the rest of the campaign.

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Martin Ødegaard is still suffering from his injury picked up on international duty, and Emile Smith-Rowe twisted his ankle in the Europa League clash against Slavia Prague but was expected to have recovered for today, but according to David Ornstein he will also miss today’s game.

The most interesting new problem is that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is suffering from flu, which I thought had been practically eliminated by our masks and social distancing rules. Aubameyang has been very out of sorts for a while and has continued his poor form after being dropped for the North London Derby. He was only brought on for the last 20 minutes in Prague.

Maybe this is similar to one of Wenger’s famous imaginary illnesses?

Calum Chambers is back in the squad