Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson suffered an untimely injury during the Gunners’ club friendly against Juventus on Saturday afternoon.
Mikel Arteta’s Londoners suffered a 2-0 defeat after both Granit Xhaka and Rob Holding scored an own goal.
However, the result will be the least of the Spaniard’s worries after Nelson went down with an injury midway through the first half. The young winger was replaced by Marquinhos.
Football London reported that Nelson, after going down, grabbed the back of his leg, suggesting the 23-year-old had torn his hamstring.
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The player will be devastated to have been injured just days before the Premier League restart on December 26. Gabriel Jesus is also on the treatment table after picking up an injury while away at the World Cup with Brazil and that could have offered Nelson a path into his coach’s first-team plans.
However, if the 23-year-old has torn his hamstring, it goes without saying that he’s highly unlikely to be fit and available for the Gunners’ opener against West Ham in two on Monday.
