Christos Tzolis of Arsenal warms up before the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on August 21, ...
Christos Tzolis of Arsenal warms up before the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on August 21, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Arsenal summer signing Christos Tzolis could be set to make his comeback from injury next week, according to a report.
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Christos Tzolis of Arsenal reacts during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal FC at American Express Stadium on September 19, 2026 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Christos Tzolis of Arsenal reacts during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal FC at American Express Stadium on September 19, 2026 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
After picking up an injury with Greece over the international break, Arsenal summer addition Christos Tzolis has missed the Gunners’ last four games in all competitions. He’ll miss a fifth on Saturday afternoon, as he won’t be available to face Everton.
But the winger is seemingly edging closer to a comeback now, with Ryan Taylor reporting for Football.London that there’s a realistic chance Tzolis could be back in the squad against Liverpool next weekend.
Taylor adds that if Tzolis makes progress this weekend, he even has an outside chance of making the squad against Fleetwood Town on Tuesday. But in light of Bukayo Saka’s injury, Arsenal aren’t going to take any risks with Tzolis’ fitness.
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Christos Tzolis of Arsenal during the pre-season friendly match between Arsenal FC and Borussia Dortmund at Emirates Stadium on August 09, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Christos Tzolis of Arsenal during the pre-season friendly match between Arsenal FC and Borussia Dortmund at Emirates Stadium on August 09, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
Even after Saturday’s game against Everton, Arsenal still have four matches to play before the next set of internationals.
If Tzolis can play some part against Fleetwood Town or Liverpool next week, he’d then presumably be available for the trip to Slavia Praha and the home game against Hull City too.
At the very least, there appears to be little doubt that Tzolis will be available for the tricky run of games after the break, with the Gunners facing Newcastle United (A), Borussia Dortmund (H), Manchester City (H), Brentford (A), Spurs (A), and Real Madrid (H) in consecutive fixtures.
Christos Tzolis of Arsenal shoots under pressure from Milan van Ewijk of Coventry City during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on August 21, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Christos Tzolis of Arsenal shoots under pressure from Milan van Ewijk of Coventry City during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on August 21, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
That’s assuming Greece don’t reinjure Tzolis over the November break, with games away to the Netherlands (November 13th) and at home to Serbia (November 16th) coming up.
Greece started Tzolis in every match over the September-October break, up until he got injured. Hopefully this time he’ll get at least one rest.
AUGSBURG, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 27: Christos Tzolis of Greece is challenged by Josha Vagnoman of Germany during the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between Germany and Greece at WWK Arena on September 27, 2026 in Augsburg, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
AUGSBURG, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 27: Christos Tzolis of Greece is challenged by Josha Vagnoman of Germany during the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between Germany and Greece at WWK Arena on September 27, 2026 in Augsburg, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
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