Arsenal could be without both Jurrien Timber and Ben White for the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain after a fresh injury blow
14:32, 12 May 2026Updated 14:51, 12 May 2026
Arsenal could be without Ben White and Jurrien Timber for the Champions League final
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Arsenal could be without Ben White and Jurrien Timber for the Champions League final(Image: Getty Images)
Arsenal are hoping Jurrien Timber can be fit to face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final, after Ben White suffered a season-ending knee injury in Sunday's win at West Ham.
White, 28, was substituted during the first half of the game at the London Stadium following a collision with West Ham's Crysencio Summerville. Mikel Arteta cut a concerned figure in his post-match press conference and The Sun have since reported that White has sustained a Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) injury in his right knee.
It's added that White is now expected to miss the rest of the 2025/26 season, including this month's Champions League final against PSG, and is a doubt for the start of this summer's World Cup with England.
With White out, Arsenal want Timber to return in time to face PSG in Budapest on Saturday, May 30. The Mirror said on Monday that the Dutchman, 24, hoping to at least make a push to see if he can train this week and then step up to see if he can be fit for the Champions League final.
Timber has missed the last 12 matches for Arsenal after picking up a groin injury in the 2-0 win against Everton in mid-March. Although White has impressed in his absence at right-back, Timber has been a huge miss.
Speaking after Arsenal's win at West Ham on Sunday, Arteta admitted that Timber's injury has proven to be a complicated one. "Yes, that's been probably the most difficult thing to manage," the Spaniard said. "With the player and with myself as well because we didn't expect it to take so long and at the moment he's not fit to play."
Jurrien Timber has been out of action with an ankle injury
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Jurrien Timber has been out of action with an ankle injury(Image: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Now White is set to join Timber out injured, Arsenal head coach Arteta won't have a recognised senior right-back in his squad for at least the final two Premier League matches.
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Arteta decided to put Declan Rice there for a short period against West Ham, but it didn't work and he made another change with Christian Mosquera going there for the second half.
Mosquera is poised to continue there in the short-term while Timber prepares to return. William Saliba is another option, though him and Gabriel Magalhaes have a formidable centre-back partnership.