‘Bit more serious’ – Mikel Arteta gives worrying Arsenal injury update

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Arsenal have been handed a double injury blow ahead of their return to Champions League action.The Gunners host Lille on Tuesday night at 8pm, live on talkSPORT 2.Arteta faces a selection headache after a double injury blowAFPHowever, Mikel Arteta has confirmed he will be without two first-team stars for the match.Piero Hincapie and Martin Zubimendi will both miss out after suffering ankle injuries after Saturday’s win over Leeds United.The pair picked up their injuries during the post-match warm-downs.Arsenal injury updateArteta provided an update on the injuries during his pre-match press conference on Monday.Speaking to reporters, he explained: “We had a training session planned for after the game for players that did not have enough minutes, and in two very unfortunate actions we lost two players. Not great.“We need to assess them today and have further scans to see where they are then we will have a timeframe on how long they are going to be out for.”Hincapie played the final eight minutes of Arsenal’s 2-1 home win, having replaced Riccardo Calafiori in the 82nd minute.Meanwhile, Zubimendi was an unused substitute at the Emirates Stadium.Arteta was unable to provide clarity on how long the duo will be unavailable for.When asked if there is a timeframe for their returns, he said: “No.Hincapie took part in the warm down after playing just eight minutes against LeedsShutterstock Editorial“They’re both going to miss tomorrow’s match, that’s for sure and today they’re going to have a further scan and probably tomorrow we’ll know more and then we’ll see how they’re going to go.“Piero’s one looks a little bit more serious I think, but we’ll have to wait and see.”Who is unavailable for Arsenal?Following their clash with Lille, Arsenal travel to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest on Sunday.They will then take on Bayern Munich away from home in the Champions League on Wednesday, October 21.Hincapie and Zubimendi are the latest players to join the Gunners’ injury list.Arteta is also currently without Christos Tzolis and William Saliba.Zubimendi is now one of four Gunners stars sidelined through injuryShutterstock EditorialThe former is expected to be out until November after picking up a hamstring injury on international duty with Greece.As for Saliba, he has not featured since sustaining a back injury during France’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Spain in July.