Riccardo Calafiori Injuries

'At half-time, we had to make another one with Richy's injury. [He] felt something and we couldn't take the risk.' 'We don't know whether he is going to be available or not. Hopefully it's nothing serious, but we'll have to wait and see how he reacts to that.'

'We have to wait until tomorrow morning to see how a few of the boys are and make the right decision with them.' 'Some players are quite close, but the turnaround is short, so we will try to push everybody [tomorrow]. If they are in good condition, they will be part of us, and if not, they won't. They haven't been in the last few weeks, unfortunately.' 'Riccardo, probably in the squad as well...' 'Riccardo is available tomorrow.'

'Both of them had little niggles, they weren't comfortable to continue. We knew that this could be a possibility, especially in the conditions that we're playing in today. So, we have to take them off.' 'Those two are a possibility that they are available, and we'll see tomorrow.'

'Him and Ben (White) are the only doubts. We have to wait and see in the next 48 hours how things develop.' 'He's fine. He was training with us today. He's feeling better, and hopefully, he's fit for tomorrow.'

'It's something that he felt yesterday, something very awkward that happened, and today in the warm-up he wasn't comfortable.' 'No, they are out again. I think, pretty soon... they have to go to the last stage of the rehab. And if everything goes well, hopefully very soon, they will be available for selection.' 'I don't think so. I think that game is going to be too early for him.' 'He is progressing, but we don't know. I think it will be a matter of a few weeks, probably. We don't know exactly when.' 'Yeah, [he is available]. We still have another training session, so we'll see tomorrow. After that, we'll assess everybody and make the decision.'

'They both had issues from the weekend - two really bad kicks. For Jurrien, it was too early, and for Ricci, we have to manage and see if he can do some minutes.'

'We tried Calafiori, he had a few issues. I thank him for his commitment. He stayed here for a week; he could have played perhaps, but it wouldn't have been fair to him or Arsenal.' 'He's been carrying a few things, and we had to bring him back. He hasn't trained yet, so tomorrow we have another session and we will see.'

'Yeah, he said that he felt a little tweak, so I don't know how big it is, but hopefully not.' 'It's going to be a bit too early for him tomorrow.' 'They’ve been involved in [training] the last few days, so the three of them (Calafiori, Timber and Gabriel) will be available.' 'For Saturday, I think both of them have a chance if everything in the next few days evolves in the way that it's been evolving in the last few days.'

'We don't know about Calafiori. His knee feels strange, but he can't answer the question of what he feels.' 'Calafiori unfortunately picked up a knee injury with the national team. It was really unfortunate how that injury happened, but it could have been much worse. So, hopefully, it's going to be a matter of weeks. But we have to see how the injury evolves.' 'Riccy is not fit...' 'Riccy is progressing really well. I think, to give you a timeline is difficult because he needs to step up, especially having more people around and how he reacts to that. But he is in a good place.' 'If everything goes well, I think [he will be back for PSG]. Maybe a little bit earlier, so let's see. He's on the pitch already, he's done quite a lot of stuff, and we just need to make the right steps now to make sure that when he's back, he's in a good place to perform.' 'Riccardo is still not fit.' 'He's travelled, and he's fit and he's ready to play when we need him. So that's great news, obviously.' 'We pushed Richy a lot to make sure that he was fit for the last few games, and he was two-three weeks ahead of schedule. He’s been constantly dragged into areas where he was really, really stretched, and he wasn’t comfortable the last week or two. With a lot of things, he still wanted to carry on, but we decided to give him a break. He needs a rest, he needs to now make sure that he has proper preparation, a clear pre-season and give him the best chance to have a successful 2025/26.'

'Riccardo is out injured, so he is not in the 20-man squad at all.' 'His thing is not much, but again, we need another day or two. We've been playing every three days, and 24 hours becomes really important because they are not long-term injuries. We will have more understanding this afternoon.' 'We have a few decisions to make this afternoon with the medical staff to understand whether they are in the best condition for this game or the next one, so we'll decide that.' 'It's very positive news. We've missed them for a few weeks, and they returned today for training, so they will be available for the game.'

'He's been with little niggles in the last few weeks. Obviously, he had a very serious knee injury, and he's doing really well, but we have to manage his minutes, and today, we have to do the same.' 'We have monitored and kept a few away from certain activities, and after that meeting [this afternoon], we will decide if everyone is fit and available and who will start.' 'Sunday is going to be a possibility with Riccardo as well; let's see how he reacts.' 'We're just respecting the times that the medical department has set, and then we’ll just monitor his evolution every single day. We understand that he’s not fully ready yet, but he's getting very close now.' 'They are both available to be in the squad.'

'With Riccy, it's something different; he felt something; I don't know the extent of that, so in that sense, it's not great news.' 'He needs some more tests. Yesterday, he had some; today, he’s going to have some more. Last time, we thought it was really bad, and then he ended up playing two days later.' 'He will be out for a few weeks, I’d say.' 'His going really well. He was able to do certain things last week with the physios and trained on the pitch with us today, so he will be in the squad.'

'[Those are the] two players that we have to review today. We didn't do any training yesterday. [Riccardo] was a bit emotional after the game, so let's see how he is today.'

'We need to assess Riccardo, but with our staff, we have a good chance to have him back with us for the next game.' 'It's another one that we have to wait another day or so.' 'Riccardo was able to train today, so he will be available. He’s in the squad, and that’s great news because, as we all know, we’ve been quite short in the past few weeks.'

'So much happened to him in one week! He's come into a new environment with a different methodology and training, so we are managing him. Hopefully, he will be available to play some minutes on Sunday.''