Well, a Gabriel Jesus injury is threatening to derail Arsenal’s season a little bit.
The Brazil international will not play any further part in his nation’s World Cup campaign.
He picked up a knee injury in the defeat by Cameroon last week.
Fabrizio Romano revealed that the Arsenal attacker will be out until January, following the news.
But there’s also unconfirmed reports, as covered by HITC Sport, that the 25-year-old will be absent for three months.
And that, if true, is devastating for Arsenal, given how brilliant he has been this season, and their five-point cushion over Manchester City in the Premier League title race looks markedly less secure, if it’s true.
Here’s what former Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique said on Instagram: “This is a massive, massive blow for Arsenal. I can’t believe this is actually happening. He’s one of the worst players who could get injured for Arsenal in the title race.”
On Sunday, HITC Sport wrote about how Mikel Arteta and Edu might’ve cost the North Londoners a genuine title.
That’s because Eddie Nketiah will have to cover the South American, should a replacement fail to be signed in January.
As talented as Nketiah is, he hasn’t scored in 12 Premier League outings this season.
Jesus is on another level entirely to the Hale End academy graduate and Enrique is right, this is sincerely a massive blow for the Emirates Stadium outfit.
And it’ll be fascinating to see how they cope with the absence.
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