Arsenal: Arteta reveals Hincapie and Zubimendi injury updates after warm-down nightmare

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Arsenal duo Piero Hincapie and Martin Zubimendi are set to undergo scans on respective ankle injuries suffered immediately following the win over Leeds.

Both players were absent from an open training session held at London Colney ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League match against Lille, having each been hurt in the aftermath of a 2-1 victory in the Premier League on Saturday.

Hincapie featured for eight minutes off the bench against Leeds as a replacement for Riccardo Calafiori, but was later carried out of the post-match warm-down.

It later emerged that Zubimendi had also picked up a knock in similar fashion, leaving both players as major doubts for Arsenal’s return to European action.

Speaking ahead of Lille’s midweek visit to the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta confirmed that both Hincapie and Zubimendi are dealing with ankle injuries and were due to undergo scans on Monday to determine the extent of the damage.

He added that Hincapie’s injury “looks a little bit more serious”, clarifying that the session in question was not a typical warm-down, but rather a training session organised for those who have not played a lot of minutes so far this season.

Zubimendi was an unused substitute against Leeds.

Anxious wait: Arsenal duo Piero Hincapie and Martin Zubimendi are both set for scansAFP/Getty”We had a training session planned for after the game for players that did not have enough minutes, to get everybody in the right rhythm,” Arteta said.

“In two very unfortunate actions we lost two players. Not great.

“Today they’re going to have a further scan and probably tomorrow we’ll know more and then we’ll see how they’re going to go. Piero’s one looks a little bit more serious, I think, but we’ll have to wait and see.”

Hincapie was carried from the pitch on the back of Illan Meslier after picking up the injury, further adding to the bizarre incident.

Asked about that, Arteta was evidently unimpressed with the manner in which the situation was dealt with.

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“That’s something else not to discuss here,” he said tersely.

Arteta admitted the injuries were “not ideal” and when asked what could be done to stop such incidents in future, he said: “Very easy, you don’t train.

“If they never train then they don’t get injured, but the consequence to that is when they are needed to play they have no rhythm and when you ask them to play they are going to have no impact in the game.

“That could happen at the Emirates – it never happened in seven years that I have been here. It could happen the next day in the training session. That has happened before and hopefully it doesn’t happen again.

“What can you do? If I had a crystal ball I would just say ‘guys, get in the Jacuzzi and I will see you tomorrow’.”