UCL: Arsenal suffers double injury blow ahead of Sporting quarter-final tie

Arsenal volition beryllium without the duo of Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber, for the travel to Sporting to play the archetypal limb of their Champions League quarter-final archetypal leg.

Both Saka and Timber did not diagnostic successful the 2-1 decision to Southampton successful the FA Cup past weekend.

And Gunners boss, Mikel Arteta, has confirmed they won’t beryllium acceptable for Tuesday’s game.

But successful an wounded boost for Arteta, cardinal trio Declan Rice, Gabriel and Leandro Trossard are acceptable for the crippled successful Portugal.

On Saka and Timber, Arteta said: “They haven’t travelled. They’re not acceptable yet.

“Hopefully, they’re going to beryllium acceptable for the play if everything goes well.

“That’s a monolithic boost due to the fact that successful caller days we’ve mislaid truthful galore important players and that’s thing that we request to alteration immediately.”

UCL: Arsenal suffers treble wounded stroke up of Sporting quarter-final tie