- Midfielder sustained suspected shoulder fracture
- Arteta reveals Gabriel Magalhães landed on Merino
Mikel Arteta has said Arsenal’s new signing Mikel Merino is set to be sidelined for “a few weeks” after sustaining a suspected shoulder fracture in his first training session.
The Spain midfielder, who joined last week from Real Sociedad for a fee that could rise to £32.6m, was in contention to be a part of the squad for their Premier League game against Brighton on Saturday. But Arteta revealed Merino had been injured after a collision with the defender Gabriel Magalhães on Thursday.
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