JAKARTA - Arsenal are confirmed to have lost their flagship striker, Bukayo Saka, for more than two months after undergoing a hamstring operation. This was revealed by manager Mikel Arteta on Friday.
"He went through the procedure, everything went well, but unfortunately he will be out for weeks," the Spaniard told reporters after Arsenal beat Ipswich 1-0 and moved up to second place in the Premier League standings.
When pressured to give a more definite time estimate, Arteta added: "I think it will be more than two months. It will depend on how the scar tissue starts to recover, the first week or more of its mobility... we'll see, it's very difficult to say."
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Saka has scored five goals and provided 10 assists in the league this season as one of Arsenal's top creators. The 23-year-old was forced to be sent off in a game against Crystal Palace earlier this month.
In October and November, the England international also missed three European-State League games as well as Arsenal's defeat in Bournemouth and their Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk due to injuries to the same leg.
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