Mikel Arteta admits the Premier League rules make it “difficult” for Max Dowman to make his debut this season and ease Arsenal’s injury crisis. Arsenal are desperately short on attacking options after Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz suffered hamstring injuries over the past fortnight.

The hamstring injury suffered by Kai Havertz on a mid-season training trip to Dubai has left the Gunners with three senior attackers. Havertz and Gabriel Jesus are set to miss the rest of the campaign, while Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli face several more weeks of recovery before they are fit enough to play.

Latest Arsenal news as Liverpool are dealt an injury blow as the Gunners continue to battle the Merseyside club in the Premier League title race

Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal can cope with Kai Havertz injury and provides update on Bukayo Saka return - The German forward was ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a hamstring i

Kai Havertz will undergo surgery on his torn hamstring in the coming days, Arsenal have announced, with his rehabilitation program due to carry through into the 2025-26 preseason. Havertz suffered the injury at his side's warm-weather training camp in Dubai last week but the full extent of the injury only became apparent on returning to London earlier this week.