{"id":553,"date":"2026-04-03T23:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=553"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:17:17","slug":"14-players-could-miss-southampton-vs-arsenal-after-mikel-arteta-gives-injury-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"14 players could miss Southampton vs Arsenal after Mikel Arteta gives injury updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_e792fe\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Arsenal travel to Southampton this weekend looking to reach the FA Cup semi-final after defeat to Man City in the Carabao Cup last time out<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">16:04, 03 Apr 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 16:18, 03 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33713250\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikel Arteta\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713250.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_JS400728184-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713250.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_JS400728184-1.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713250.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_JS400728184-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713250.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_JS400728184-1.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Mikel Arteta could be without 11 players for Arsenal's clash with Southampton in the FA Cup\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Mikel Arteta could be without 11 players for Arsenal&#8217;s clash with Southampton in the FA Cup<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mikel Arteta and Arsenal endured a nightmare international break with several key players returning to the club early after picking up injuries while representing their nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Gunners were already without a number of important players ahead of the break, with the likes of <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Martin Odegaard<\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Jurrien Timber<\/strong> ruled out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arsenal were beaten 2-0 by Manchester City in the Carabao Cup Final before heading on international duty, with the two aforementioned stars missing that game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arteta has given a positive injury update on the duo and says they could return to the squad this weekend. The Gunners boss said: &#8220;Those are in contention to possibly be in the squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">FOLLOW OUR ARSENAL FB PAGE!<\/strong><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AFCFootball.London#\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><u>Latest Gunners news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Mikel Merino<\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">God bless you <\/strong>also sat out of the Wembley showpiece and aren&#8217;t expected to return to action this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Ebz is out,&#8221; Arteta said. &#8220;With Ebz I cannot put a finger (on a timeframe) there because I don\u2019t know, because he\u2019s a special character.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Leandro Trossard <\/strong>turned down a call up from Belgium to allow a hip injury to settle down after the cup final, while <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Willian Lintasa<\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Gabriel Magalhaes <\/strong>also stayed at the club instead of jetting off to represent their respective country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">You Maduek <\/strong>picked up a knock on international duty and was sent back to the Gunners, while<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> Declan Rice<\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Bukayo Saka<\/strong> were also sent home from international duty early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Piero Hincapie <\/strong>also went off injured while playing for Ecuador, though Arteta admitted he doesn&#8217;t know the extent of his injury just yet.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-33713375\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33713375\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Piero Hincapie during the Arsenal game\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713375.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2267981253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713375.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2267981253.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713375.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2267981253.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33713375.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2267981253.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Piero Hincapie could miss the Southampton clash\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Piero Hincapie could miss the Southampton clash<cite aria-label=\"Image: 2026 James Gill - Danehouse\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: 2026 James Gill &#8211; Danehouse)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As for Southampton, Brazilian star <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Leo Science<\/strong> returned to training after sitting out of the Saints&#8217; last three Championship games with a groin injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Jack Stephens<\/strong> picked up a knock during the club&#8217;s open training session at St. Mary&#8217;s on Monday and is in contention to return this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He (Scienza) has put a lot of work into that international break because he&#8217;s desperate to come back,&#8221; Saints boss Tonda Eckert told<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/sport\/25993964.eckert-issues-southampton-fitness-update-ahead-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> the Daily Echo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He was on the pitch today with the boys, and he&#8217;s looking positive. Stephens is getting better day by day. There was a little bit of swelling in his ankle, but he\u2019s getting better every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Championship side will also be without <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Flynn Downes,<\/strong> who is suspended after being booked in the win over Fulham in the previous round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal travel to Southampton this weekend looking to reach the FA Cup semi-final after defeat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}