The Premier League has its 28th matchday this weekend and it will close with a stellar duel: Arsenal receives Chelsea at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
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Mikel Arteta’s men are at the top of the English league, although a victory for Manchester City against Leeds could put pressure on them in the fight for the championship. For their part, Liam Rosenior’s men are three points away from the UEFA Champions League qualification zone and all the points add up to the hope of qualifying.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After recovering from a serious knee injury, Kai Havertz<\/strong> It has been difficult for him to achieve good physical shape, suffering from a string of muscle problems. The last one was taken out of the games against Brentford, Wolves and Tottenham, although he could take a place on the bench against Chelsea.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For its part, Max Dowman<\/strong> He is in the final stretch of recovery from his ankle injury and would be back for the next day. Whoever misses the rest of the season is Mikel Merino<\/strong>who had to undergo surgery on his foot. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Player<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n Injury<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n State<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n Estimated return date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n Kai Havertz<\/p>\n<\/td>\n muscle injury<\/p>\n<\/td>\n In doubt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 27\/02\/2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Max Dowman<\/p>\n<\/td>\n ankle injury<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 02\/03\/2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Mikel Merino <\/p>\n<\/td>\n Foot surgery<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 01\/06\/2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Arteta’s team does not have any player with disciplinary sanction for this Premier clash. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Rosenior team’s nursing team is increasingly full: Marc Cucurella<\/strong> He is one of the starters who is not available to the coach due to a thigh injury, while the goalkeeper Philip Jorgensen<\/strong>who alternated with Robert S\u00e1nchez, is still out after an injury that has not been reported. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dario Essugo<\/strong> He had surgery on his thigh and would only return next week, while there is still a month before Jamie Gittens<\/strong> return to work. Levi Colwill<\/strong> It is low for the remainder of the season. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Player<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n Injury<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n State<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n Estimated return date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n Marc Cucurella<\/p>\n<\/td>\n thigh injury<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n uncertain<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Philip Jorgensen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Unknown injury<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n uncertain<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Dario Essugo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thigh surgery<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 01\/03\/2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Jamie Gittens<\/p>\n<\/td>\n thigh injury<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 20\/03\/2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Levi Colwill<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Anterior cruciate ligament rupture<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Discarded<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 01\/06\/2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wesley Fofana<\/strong>due to an accumulation of yellow cards, is the only Blue player suspended for the clash with Arsenal. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Premier League has its 28th matchday this weekend and it will close with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Max](\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_39,w_1024,h_576\/c_fill,w_16,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/sports_illustrated_ftbol\/01kjda7fbvtwex037pdt.jpg\" "\\"Max")
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