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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T18:57:30.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Bukayo Saka is out of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Sporting CP (Getty)\n\nBukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber have both missed Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Sporting CP on Tuesday night.\n\nMikel Arteta has made eight changes from the Arsenal team that started the 2-1 defeat to Southampton in the FA Cup on Saturday night.\n\nDavid Raya returns in goal, while William Saliba and Riccardo Calafiori start in defence.\n\nIn midfield, Martin Zubimendi and Declan Rice both start, while Noni Madueke, Leandro Trossard and Viktor Gyokeres are preferred in attack.\n\nGabriel was forced off in the defeat to Southampton at St Mary’s but is fit enough to start alongside Saliba.\n\n##  Sporting CP vs Arsenal team news\n\n**Arsenal:** Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Madueke, Trossard, Gyokeres.\n\n**Subs:** Arrizabalaga, Ranson, Lewis-Skelly, Salmon, Mosquera, Norgaard, Martinelli, Dowman, Havertz, Jesus, Harriman-Annous.\n\n**Sporting** : Silva, Fresneda, Diomande, Inacio, Araujo, Morita, Simoes, Catamo, Trincao, Pote, Suarez.\n\n**Subs:** Virginia, Debast, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Faye, Braganca, Callai, Goncalves, Quaresma, Nel, Mangas.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the game, Arteta said he was hopeful that both Saka and Timber will be available for Arsenal’s Premier League match against Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\n##  Get personalised football updates every day\n\nSign up to our daily football newsletter and choose your team to get the latest news, rumours and more about your favourite team.\n\n‘They haven’t travelled in yet, let’s see, hopefully they’re going to be ready for the weekend, if everything goes well,’ Arteta said on Monday.\n\n‘That’s a massive boost because in recent days we’ve lost so many important players and that’s something that we need to change immediately.’\n\nJurrien Timber has missed Arsenal’s last four games due to injury (Getty)\n\nMeanwhile, Eberechi Eze has now missed three games for Arsenal due to a calf injury.\n\nWhen asked about a timeframe for Eze’s return last week, Arteta said: With Ebz I cannot put a finger [on a timeframe] there because I don’t know, because he’s a special character.’\n\nMikel Merino and Piero Hincapie also miss out on Arsenal’s trip to Portugal due to injury.\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Arsenal injury latest as Bukayo Saka, Jurrien Timber and Eberechi Eze miss Sporting match"
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