Online Reporter
LONDON. – Mikel Arteta said that this international break was going to make him nervous – but it seems like he has found a way to ease his anxiety.
It appears that has led to a high level of precaution from the Arsenal medical staff, with TEN Arsenal players now withdrawing from their national teams or making themselves unavailable for selection.
Piero Hincapie has become the latest to join that growing list after withdrawing from the Ecuador squad today following medical tests.
Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and Noni Madueke also ended up returning to Arsenal early, when the trio all dropped out of the England squad on Saturday night.
Madueke was forced off with an injury during England’s 1-1 draw with Uruguay and could be seen wearing a knee brace when leaving Wembley.
The good news for Arsenal is that the 24-year-old’s knock is in the opposite knee to the one he was having issues with earlier in the season.
Rice and Saka both returned to Arsenal for a “medical assessment”, having only joined up with the Three Lions on Friday.
Hincapie and the England trio join Ebere Eze, Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Leandro Trossard, Martin Odegaard and Jurrien Timber in pulling out of their international teams. – The Sun
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