Mikel Arteta began his pre-Brighton press conference with the disappointing news that Mikel Merino suffered an injury in his first training session with the team this week.
Our new recruit sustained a shoulder problem and is expected to be out of action for a few weeks.
“It’s very unfortunate,” Arteta said. “Yesterday he had a collision and got a shoulder injury. He’s going to be out for a few weeks.
“It’s really bad luck and we were all very excited. He was looking very good, he landed on the floor, Gabi went on top of him and it looks like he’s got a small fracture probably.