Mikel Arteta is not quite sure how his Arsenal team will look without Bukayo Saka in it, but one thing he does know is that they will be “different”.
The Spaniard had to cope without his captain, Martin Odegaard, for nearly two months earlier this season, but no player has been more crucial to Arteta during his time at Arsenal than Saka.
This stretch of games without Saka is a step into the unknown for Arsenal, and so perhaps it is no surprise that Arteta isn’t quite sure how the team will set up.
Arsenal are set to be without Saka for “many weeks” after he tore his hamstring during the Gunners’ victory at Crystal Palace last Saturday and it will force Arteta into a major rethink.
Saka is the top scorer of Arteta’s time at Arsenal with 68 goals.
