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Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is probably going to miss the last five weeks of the Premier League season, supervisor Mikel Arteta said on Friday, managing a catastrophe for the club's expectations of completing fourth and meeting all requirements for the Champions League.
The Ghana global, 28, has been a vital participant for Arsenal this season and was at first sidelined for half a month in the wake of supporting a thigh injury during Arsenal's 3-0 misfortune at Crystal Palace last week.
"The news that we got after another appraisal is that it's not looking exceptionally certain for his accessibility this season," Arteta told columnists before Arsenal travel to Southampton on Saturday. "Right now, we're not exceptionally hopeful."
Losing Partey for the spat is one more mishap for the club with left back Kieran Tierney previously precluded for the remainder of the time because of a knee injury while right back Takehiro Tomiyasu, who last played in January, likewise remains sidelined.
Arsenal have slipped beneath neighbors Tottenham Hotspur to fifth spot after consecutive losses by Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion however have a game close by over their north London rivals.
Arteta's side have eight association games staying, beginning with the excursion to St Mary's Stadium, with Arsenal additionally taking on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and facilitating Manchester United in the not so distant future.
"The second isn't great and we knew that towards the finish of the time, one of the key components would have been to have the crew accessible however much as could reasonably be expected," Arteta said.
"We generally dislike (Partey) and Tomiyasu however we need to keep on contending."
Arsenal skipper Alexandre Lacazette was missing from preparing this week yet Arteta said he trusted the forward would include in the game against Southampton, who are fourteenth in the association.
Ralph Hasenhuettl's side are winless in their last five association games and lost 6-0 at home to Chelsea last end of the week.
"I believe you will see two groups that are harming in light of the fact that we are harming after we lost the last two games, and we need to perform and win," Arteta said.
"I'm certain that after their home loss they had they will need to do likewise."
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