Arsenal are trying their best to keep up in the 2024\/25 Premier League title race with Liverpool despite having a string of injury absentees in their squad. Things got even worse as defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has now also announced a new injury setback.<\/p>\n
The Gunners have confirmed<\/a> that the Japanese defender has undergone surgery on an issue that he was having with his right knee, which was sustained during the 2024 pre-season campaign. Arsenal claim that Tomiyasu had initially undergone a procedure for the problem in August (2024) and was able to train for a few months, before experiencing more issues with his knee.<\/p>\n Read More<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Fabrizio Romano Delivers Update as Arsenal Let Go of Player Once Hailed as \u2018Future Captain\u2019; Medical Being Scheduled<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Premier League side have confirmed that the 26-year-old is expected to be back to full fitness after the necessary rehabilitation work towards the end of 2025. Tomiyasu only featured in one single game for Mikel Arteta’s side this season, playing just six minutes in the recent 3-1 win over Southampton. The full-back has released a statement after his knee surgery on his Instagram, where he states<\/a>: “I\u2019ve had a surgery on my knee few days ago and I\u2019ve already started my rehab to do what I love the most again. It has been the toughest period in my career for sure and it carries on a bit more but I won\u2019t give up. Thank you for your support and see you again.”<\/p>\n The inclusion of Tomiyasu to the injury list at Arsenal only makes it even more daunting for Arteta. This comes soon after they received a gutting update on Kai Havertz being out for the remainder of the 2024\/25 term because of an injury. Gabriel Jesus is also out for the remainder of the campaign because of an injury.<\/p>\n Read More<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Arsenal \u2018Optimistic\u2019 in Priority Talks Over New Long-Term Contract For \u2018Extra Special\u2019 Midfielder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Gunners are missing winger Gabriel Martinelli, who recently sustained an injury problem<\/a> as well. They are also without influential winger Bukayo Saka, who is expected to be back before the season ends<\/a>. Tomiyasu will, however, take quite some time to get back into action for Arsenal because of his injury. The 26-year-old, who has made 84 appearances since joining the club in 2021, is contracted to the Gunners until the end of June, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal are trying their best to keep up in the 2024\/25 Premier League title race with Liverpool despite having a string of injury absentees in their squad. Things got even worse as defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has now also announced a new injury setback. Arsenal Dealt With Takehiro Tomiyasu Injury News What Happened To Tomiyasu? The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":635066,"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":[3,8,30],"tags":[8713],"class_list":["post-652057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-news","tag-takehiro-tomiyasu"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652057","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\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652072,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652057\/revisions\/652072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Arsenal’s Injury List Keeps Growing<\/h3>\n