{"id":645884,"date":"2024-09-08T09:53:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T13:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=645884"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:47:00","slug":"riccardo-calafiori-injury-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/08\/riccardo-calafiori-injury-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal&#8217;s &#8216;Marquee Signing&#8217; to be &#8216;Assessed&#8217; Following National Team Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/06\/arsenal-riccardo-calafiori-personal-terms\/\" target=\"_self\">Riccardo Calafiori<\/a> has had to cut short his time with the Italian national team this week after suffering a leg injury in the UEFA Nations League.<\/p>\n<h2>Riccardo Calafiori Returns to Arsenal for Injury Assessment<\/h2>\n<h3>Defender Handed Premature End to Nations League Spell With Italy<\/h3>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1832746023225028731\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> Calafiori&#8217;s return to Arsenal with Gunners medical staff set to &#8220;assess&#8221; the severity of the 22-year-old&#8217;s injury, which he suffered in his side&#8217;s 3-1 victory over France in the Nations League on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/06\/liverpools-champions-league-league-phase\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool\u2019s UCL League Phase: What to Expect Next After Draw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calafiori was taken off midway through the second half of the game against <em>Les Bleus<\/em> after Ousmane Dembele took a tumble following a challenge from Alessandro Bastoni, causing the Frenchman&#8217;s flailing boot to catch the back of Calafiori&#8217;s leg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Riccardo Calafiori injury vs France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ptdb1qdBu3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ptdb1qdBu3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0a (@Maleekback) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maleekback\/status\/1832325816987922623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Romano <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1832775494896415071\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed<\/a> that it should not be serious, and is likely just a knock. However, Mikel Arteta and Arsenal did not want to take any risks, so Italy are now forced to prepare for their match against Israel tomorrow without their versatile youngster.<\/p>\n<h3>What Riccardo Calafiori&#8217;s Absence Could Mean for Arsenal<\/h3>\n<p>Gunners fans will hope their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/football\/premier-league\/2024-2025\/riccardo-calafiori-defence-arsenal-arne-slot-liverpool-transfers_sto20029327\/story.shtml#:~:text=In%20particular%2C%20Cole%20singled%20out,%E2%80%9CI%20really%20like%20him.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;marquee signing&#8221;<\/a> from Bologna &#8211; who has played just 42 minutes of football so far for his new club &#8211; won&#8217;t be out for too long, especially given the club&#8217;s upcoming fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/07\/the-five-greatest-thomas-muller-matches-including-title-decider\/\" target=\"_self\">The Five Greatest Thomas M\u00fcller Matches Including Title Decider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next Sunday sees Arsenal face Tottenham, before Arteta&#8217;s side travel to Italy to face Atalanta in their Champions League opener on Thursday. Three days later, they face what many will regard as the season&#8217;s toughest test as they make the trip to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>If Arsenal ever needed a run of games to have a fully fit squad for, this is it. Positive news about Calafiori&#8217;s injury cannot come soon enough for everyone involved at the North London club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori has had to cut short his time with the Italian national team this week after suffering a leg injury in the UEFA Nations League. Riccardo Calafiori Returns to Arsenal for Injury Assessment Defender Handed Premature End to Nations League Spell With Italy Fabrizio Romano confirmed Calafiori&#8217;s return to Arsenal with Gunners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5190,"featured_media":635345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,1830,161,30],"tags":[32739,32738,32103],"class_list":["post-645884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-injuries","category-international-football","category-news","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-riccardo-calafiori"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664029,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645884\/revisions\/664029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}