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Arsenal could be forced to start William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes’ defensive partnership against Fulham in their first Premier League game.
This is because The Athletic reports that David Luiz has aggravated the neck injury he suffered at the Community Shield against Liverpool.
The Brazilian was healing the injury before appearing to have made it worse in training.
He adds that he could miss up to six weeks, giving Mikel Arteta a national team headache.
The Spaniard has strengthened his options at the rear with the signing of Gabriel and the return of Saliba from his assignment at Saint Etienne, however, both players have not played competitive football since March and have not played a game for the Gunners. .
Luiz’s injury adds to a long list of defenders who are out of action, including Shkodran Mustafi, Calum Chambers and Pablo Mari.
Gunners can still use Kieran Tierney and Rob Holding to increase the numbers at the back in case they decide not to include the new recruits.
Newcastle United want to hold on, but this injury crisis could put that move on hold because it has been impressive in recent games.
Arteta has been using a back three for some time now and it will be interesting to see how he will set up his team this time.
