Arsenal defender to miss a few weeks due to injury

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta provided an update on the condition of defender Takehiro Tomiyasu, who suffered an injury during the Gunners' pre-season preparations and is currently sidelined.

According to Arteta, the Japanese player's injury turned out to be more serious than initially expected. Tomiyasu will be forced to miss several weeks.

However, another defender, Jurrien Timber, is set to return to training with the London team next week.

Today, Arsenal confidently defeated Lyon 2-0 in the Emirates Cup friendly tournament, securing victory in the pre-season competition.

Notably, today marked the debut of summer signing Riccardo Calafiori, the Italian defender, for Arsenal.