Kai Havertz suffers major injury setback as Arsenal star needs surgery

Arsenal star Kai Havertz will require knee surgery and is therefore set for an extended spell on the sidelines, talkSPORT understands. The German sustained the injury during the opening day win at Manchester United after entering the match as a second-half substitute. Kai Havertz is set for another spell on the sidelines after suffering a knee injuryGetty Havertz was missing from the matchday squad for last weekend’s 5-0 win over Leeds sparking fears that his injury was worse than first feared. Arsenal conducted tests to explore the extent of the injury this week but now those fears have now been realised. Havertz will now miss Arsenal’s crunch Premier League clash at Liverpool on Sunday and Germany’s World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia and Northern Ireland next month. The 26-year-old’s fresh setback caps off a torrid year on the injury front. Havertz missed over three months of action at the tail end of last season with the Gunners fighting for domestic and European honours. Fears that Havertz could be set for another lengthy absence prompted the north London club to secure the £67.5million signing of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace last week. Arsenal’s extensive summer business was expected to cater for the possibility of multiple injuries but boss Mikel Arteta could hardly have expected to have been dealt such a dilemma so quickly into the season. Arteta watched on as Bukayo Saka limped off with a hamstring injury against Leeds. Saka is expected to miss three to four weeks of action including the trip to Anfield and England’s upcoming double header against Andorra and Serbia. Captain Martin Odegaard also hobbled off with a shoulder injury against Daniel Farke’s side and he remains a doubt for Sunday’s clash. Havertz underwent surgery earlier this year to fix a hamstring tear GettyMikel Arteta will also be without Bukayo Saka for the Trip to Anfield[/caption] Martin Odegaard is a doubt for Sunday’s clash after suffering a shoulder injury last weekendGetty Meanwhile, the Gunners are still hopeful of adding a fresh face to their new-look squad having declared their interest in Bayer Leverkusen’s Piero Hincapie. The Ecuadorian defender has welcomed Arsenal’s approach with the Gunners ready to trigger his £52m release clause. That could take Arsenal’s summer spending to a whopping £250m with outgoings expected before Monday’s transfer deadline. FC Porto have offered a loan deal with an obligation to buy for Polish defender Jakub Kiwior. The Portuguese giants are also monitoring the situation of out-of-favour left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko. Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson are other names that could leave the Emirates Stadium before the deadline.

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Kai Havertz suffers major injury setback as Arsenal star needs surgery

Arsenal star Kai Havertz will require knee surgery and is therefore set for an extended spell on the sidelines, talkSPORT understands.

The German sustained the injury during the opening day win at Manchester United after entering the match as a second-half substitute.

Kai Havertz is set for another spell on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury

Havertz was missing from the matchday squad for last weekend’s 5-0 win over Leeds sparking fears that his injury was worse than first feared.

Arsenal conducted tests to explore the extent of the injury this week but now those fears have now been realised.

Havertz will now miss Arsenal’s crunch Premier League clash at Liverpool on Sunday and Germany’s World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia and Northern Ireland next month.

The 26-year-old’s fresh setback caps off a torrid year on the injury front.

Havertz missed over three months of action at the tail end of last season with the Gunners fighting for domestic and European honours.

Fears that Havertz could be set for another lengthy absence prompted the north London club to secure the £67.5million signing of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace last week.

Arsenal’s extensive summer business was expected to cater for the possibility of multiple injuries but boss Mikel Arteta could hardly have expected to have been dealt such a dilemma so quickly into the season.

Arteta watched on as Bukayo Saka limped off with a hamstring injury against Leeds.

Saka is expected to miss three to four weeks of action including the trip to Anfield and England’s upcoming double header against Andorra and Serbia.

Captain Martin Odegaard also hobbled off with a shoulder injury against Daniel Farke’s side and he remains a doubt for Sunday’s clash.

Havertz underwent surgery earlier this year to fix a hamstring tear

Mikel Arteta will also be without Bukayo Saka for the Trip to Anfield[/caption]

Martin Odegaard is a doubt for Sunday’s clash after suffering a shoulder injury last weekend

Meanwhile, the Gunners are still hopeful of adding a fresh face to their new-look squad having declared their interest in Bayer Leverkusen’s Piero Hincapie.

The Ecuadorian defender has welcomed Arsenal’s approach with the Gunners ready to trigger his £52m release clause.

That could take Arsenal’s summer spending to a whopping £250m with outgoings expected before Monday’s transfer deadline.

FC Porto have offered a loan deal with an obligation to buy for Polish defender Jakub Kiwior.

The Portuguese giants are also monitoring the situation of out-of-favour left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson are other names that could leave the Emirates Stadium before the deadline.