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Arsenal's Eberechi Eze out of England friendlies due to calf injury

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Published 3 months ago

Arsenal's Eberechi Eze will ⁠miss England's friendlies against Uruguay and Japan due ‌to a calf injury, manager ‌Mikel Arteta said on ‌Sunday, after the attacking ‌midfielder sat out their 2-0 ‌loss to Manchester City in the League Cup ‌final.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eze-eberechi/Stf4BYFn/"]Eze[/a] had been named ⁠in ‌Thomas Tuchel's 35-man squad on ​Friday for matches against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/uruguay-xMk44orG/?mid=IHvvmo8M"]Uruguay at Wembley ​Stadium[/a] on March 27 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/japan-ULXPdOUj/?mid=l0V9sPVq"]Japan at the same ⁠venue[/a] four ​days later as part of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a]'s preparations for the World Cup.[/p][p][b]"No, he's out,"[/b] ‌Arteta told reporters when asked if Eze would be fit for international duty. [b]"We have to do another scan in six or seven days and wait and see the ‌results. It is a leg ​injury. His calf."[/b][/p][embed guid="56d4f1d8-cc2a-46fd-89eb-9bfd04944431" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2035803779598086525" social-type="twitter" /][p]British media ‌have reported that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle United[/a] winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barnes-harvey/Wjj9WTTi/"]Harvey Barnes[/a] may replace Eze in the England squad.[/p]

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