Player Arsenal have reportedly asked about has suffered an injury in training

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Reported Arsenal target Samuel Umtiti has suffered a calf injury in training at Barcelona, according to the Spanish club.

Umtiti suffered a right calf injury on only the second day since Barcelona returned to training ahead of a proposed restart of the season.

The Spanish giants were back in training on Friday, and the 26-year-old central defender suffered the injury on Saturday.

According to Mundo Deportivo, Arsenal are among the clubs who are interested in signing the France international centre-back in the summer transfer window.

The report in the Spanish publication has claimed that the Gunners – as well as Chelsea and Manchester United – have asked about Umtiti.

Worrying for Arsenal?

It remains to be seen for how long Umtiti is injured, and Arsenal will probably be concerned.

While the Frenchman is a very good defender and has a lot of calibre, the problem is that he has a bad injury record, which is why he has not been able to make the kind of impact he would have wanted to at Camp Nou.

It would be a risk for Arsenal to sign Umtiti given his injury record.

Football in England and Spain is suspended at the moment due to the global health crisis, and it remains to be seen when the summer transfer window will resume.