Report: £52m Arsenal player set to miss Chelsea game in big blow for Arteta’s side

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Arsenal strikers Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette are both set to be missing against Chelsea at the weekend, the Daily Mirror report.

Double blow

Aubameyang and Lacazette were missing from Arsenal’s game against Brentford last weekend with Mikel Arteta citing illness as the reason behind their unavailability.

Arsenal struggled in the attacking positions as a result, with youngsters having to carry much of their threat.

But it seems that Arteta will have the same dilemma at the weekend.

That is because the Mirror say that Lacazette, a one-time £52 million signing (Telegraph), and Aubameyang are set to be missing again.

If either of the pair had been fit they would surely start for Arsenal against Chelsea.

However, it could be that Folarin Balogun lines up as Arsenal’s leading striker again, after the latest injury update.

That will be a tough test for Balogun against a Chelsea defence which has been hugely tough to break down ever since Thomas Tuchel has taken over.

And the injury issues are set to make Arsenal’s challenge of taking any points against their London rivals even tougher.