Toolbox midfielder Mariona Caldentey is anticipated to miss out on about 2 months of Women’s Super League action since of a hamstring injury.
The Spain worldwide suffered the injury throughout Arsenal’s 4-2 defeat at Manchester City on 4 October.
Caldentey has actually been an essential gamer for Arsenal considering that signing up with from Barcelona 2 years back and was the 2024-25 WSL Player of the Year.
“Mariona went off against Manchester City and didn’t go away with Spain. It’s a hamstring injury so she will be out for a while,” stated Arsenal supervisor Renee Slegers.
“It’s a bigger hamstring injury. The estimation right now is between eight to 10 weeks. We’ll see.
“We’re re-scanning and the recovery procedure looks great. Obviously, we’re wishing for less, however it’s a larger hamstring injury.”
Caldentey’s absence is a blow to Arsenal who return to WSL action on Saturday when they host Birmingham City (12:45 BST).
The Gunners have had a disappointing start to their campaign, winning just one of their opening five WSL matches, leading to questions over Slegers’ position.
They sit 10th in the table and will be without injured England forward Chloe Kelly and German summer signing Selina Cerci on Saturday.
“Selina had surgical treatment on her knee. She had actually been having a hard time and it became worse, so we needed to step in sadly,” said Slegers.
“She’s out also for a while. It’s one of the reasons that it was harder for Selina to enter into the group since she missed out on some parts of pre-season.
“She has been available and has trained the majority of sessions, but of course it affects the player when you’re managing something.
“Germany did a scan and the very best service moving forward was to tidy up with surgical treatment.”
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