National World Top Stories Update Friday 21 November, 2025
Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes will likely miss most of the Christmas fixture congestion after picking up an injury.
Gabriel, left, picked up a thigh injury while playing for Brazil during the international break.placeholder image
Gabriel, left, picked up a thigh injury while playing for Brazil during the international break. | Arsenal FC via Getty Images
At a press conference today (November 21) he said: “Gabriel, unfortunately, picked up an injury with the Brazilian national team and he’s going to be out for weeks.
“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 Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera are both in contention to deputise for Gabriel against Spurs. Both joined in the summer transfer window after Arsenal were hit by a massive injury crisis last season.
“It’s clearly a blow because he’s our leader in our backline and to me it’s never a positive thing,” Arteta added. “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 injury list lately, but Arteta hopes to have positive news about at least a couple of them ahead of Sunday.
The Arsenal boss said: “We put a lot of energy during the international break with all the medical staff to try to bring them as quickly as possible.
“So tomorrow we have another training session, to see how some of them are feeling, whether it’s a bit too close to bring him in this game or we feel that they can have a contribution in the game. Tomorrow we’ll have more clarity.”
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