Mikel Arteta has called season-ending injuries like the one suffered by Kai Havertz “an accident waiting to happen” with the increasing demands on current players.

Havertz suffered the hamstring injury during a warm weather training camp in Dubai and his absence leaves Arsenal without a recognised centre forward for the remainder of the campaign.

Arsenal's injury woes worsened when Kai Havertz suffered a hamstring injury on the Gunners' warm-weather training camp in Dubai but William Saliba has put an offer forward to his manager