2 days Ago By Evening Standard
boss has confirmed will miss out against his former club through injury. An ankle issue has proven troublesome for the striker in recent weeks, as it's kept him out of the Seagulls' last four games, including Monday's entertaining 2-2 draw away at Aston Villa. The good news is that Welbeck is now pain free, though despite this positive update, he remains sidelined for the visit of the Gunners.
“I can’t say a clear schedule for when he will be back. It can next week, it can be real quick," . “But it can take two, three, four more weeks.
“He is without any pain, so that’s a really good thing. And he is back on the pitch. But we have to go day by day and hopefully he can be back soon.
” Welbeck has, down the years, developed a knack for scoring against his former clubs, having done so against Manchester United back in August and against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup a couple of seasons ago. Therefore, Brighton's hopes of causing an upset on Saturday have been hit with this injury blow. Furthermore, the game comes too soon for £12m signing Diego Gomez despite the midfielder already training with the Brighton squad following his move from Inter Miami.
"He had two or three weeks holiday as the MLS season has finished,” Hurzeler added. "He needs little time. He has trained hard and I’m looking forward to seeing him as quick as possible on the pitch.
“Saturday will be too early.” Brighton will hope to welcome back Adam Hinshelwood, Pervis Estupinan and Adam Webster but Evan Ferguson, James Milner, Mats Wieffer and Ferdi Kadioglu are all expected to miss out along with Welbeck and Gomez..
