- Midfielder sustained suspected shoulder fracture
- Arteta reveals Gabriel Magalhães landed on Merino
Mikel Arteta has revealed Mikel Merino carried on playing after sustaining a suspected shoulder fracture in his first Arsenal training session, with the Spain midfielder expected to be sidelined for “a few weeks”.
Merino joined Arsenal this week from Real Sociedad for a fee that could rise to £32.6m and had been in contention to make his debut as a substitute against Brighton on Saturday. But in a major blow to the club’s plans, Merino was injured in a collision with the defender Gabriel Magalhães on Thursday.
