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  "path": "/2026/03/28/thomas-tuchel-gives-worrying-noni-madueke-injury-update-spark-arsenal-fears-27728611/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-28T19:55:18.000Z",
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    "Football",
    "Sport",
    "Arsenal",
    "England men's football team",
    "Noni Madueke",
    "Premier League",
    "Thomas Tuchel",
    "Bukayo Saka",
    "but was forced off after just 38 minutes after a challenge from Rodrigo Aguirre.",
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    "the former Crystal Palace star will miss four to six weeks with a calf injury.",
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  "textContent": "Madueke was forced off in the first-half (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nThomas Tuchel has admitted he is ‘worried’ for Noni Madueke after the Arsenal winger was forced off during England’s friendly draw with Uruguay.\n\nWith his club teammate Bukayo Saka among those given the night off on Friday, Madueke started on the right but was forced off after just 38 minutes after a challenge from Rodrigo Aguirre.\n\nThe former Chelsea star was immediately substitute and was spotted leaving Wembley that night with a heavy limp and wearing a brace on his left knee.\n\nWhile the exact nature of the injury is still to be revealed, Tuchel’s initial assessment of the situation did not sound positive.\n\n‘I’m worried, of course, because I think he was a difference-maker today,” Tuchel said.\n\n‘He started well, he was full of energy, he was ready to go.’\n\n‘And I think against a team like Uruguay, who relies on one-against-ones, to isolate them there and to go in one-against-ones from every minute out there, the spaces open up and he could have been a key player for us, which he is.\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nTuchel ‘sad and upset’ with the injury (Picture: Getty Images)\n\n‘Very sad and upset and hopefully it’s not a big injury.’\n\nMadueke joined the Gunners from Chelsea for £52million last summer and has chipped in with seven goals and four assists.\n\nThe 24-year-old missed over two months of action earlier in the season after suffering a medial knee ligament in a league match against Manchester City in September.\n\nArsenal will be desperate for his latest issue not to be as serious with Mikel Arteta’s side still fighting on three fronts, nine points clear in the Premier League and into the quarter-finals of the Champions League and FA Cup.\n\nArsenal are already dealing with other injury issues (Picture: Getty)\n\nArsenal have already lost Eberechi Eze to injury with the in-form attacking midfielder missing the defeat to City at Wembley last weekend.\n\nIt has since been revealed the former Crystal Palace star will miss four to six weeks with a calf injury.\n\nWilliam Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes withdrew from international duty with France and Brazil with ankle and knee issues respectively.\n\nLeandro Trossard also sits out of international duty with Belgium, as his Martin Odegaard as he finishes his recovery from a knee issue.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Thomas Tuchel ‘sad and upset’ over Noni Madueke injury to spark Arsenal fears"
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