{"id":22220,"date":"2025-08-28T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/madueke-or-nuwaneri-name-of-arsenal-experts-who-hope-he-will-replace-the-injured-saka-vs-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:15:33","slug":"madueke-or-nuwaneri-name-of-arsenal-experts-who-hope-he-will-replace-the-injured-saka-vs-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/madueke-or-nuwaneri-name-of-arsenal-experts-who-hope-he-will-replace-the-injured-saka-vs-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Madueke or Nuwaneri? Name of Arsenal experts who hope he will replace the injured Saka vs Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Bukayosaka gets treatment for injuries (photo by Justin Setter Field\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal FC journalist Charles Watts provided insight into how they line up for Liverpool for weekend games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy your Arsenal Champions League tickets here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gunners faced a very challenging trip to Anfield on Sunday afternoon, and their work became even more difficult with Buka Yosaka, which appears to be likely to miss the game.<\/p>\n<p>England International must go out to win at Leeds United, Watts writes in his exclusive <em>Catch off side<\/em> A column that says he is likely to miss out on three or four weeks of action.<\/p>\n<p>Swapping Saka is not easy after recent huge contributions to Arsenal, but Watts hopes Noni Madueke will nod.<\/p>\n<h2>Noni Maduke on the right, Ethannuwaneri in the center?<\/h2>\n<p>Madueke will join Arsenal from Chelsea this summer and will be able to play on either side, so it would be ideal to cover Saka against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Nwaneri could also play in that position, but Watts has probably suggested that the 18-year-old will likely fill in for Martin Odegard at center, but he has yet to confirm that he will miss the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a real sense of security around Arsenal when the results of their first scan came earlier this week after Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegard were injured against Leeds,&#8221; Watts said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth the club and the players were very concerned right after the injury, but the outcome showed that neither injury was as bad as he initially feared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Saka&#8217;s case, he certainly missed this weekend&#8217;s match against Liverpool and will sit down two England equipment during the international break.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Three or four weeks are truly the best scenario due to hamstring injuries, and it has been seen as a good result for Arsenal and Saka themselves, who were desperate to avoid another long layoff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Noni Maduke will start on his behalf against Liverpool this weekend, which will be a huge opportunity for him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noni Maduke (Photo: Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images) is acting for Arsenal in the preseason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;His signature sparked a lot of debate by questioning why he was signed and the overall cost of the transaction. What is a better way to silence those doubts than producing a winning performance for the match at Anfield?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not yet clear whether Odegaard will make it in Sunday&#8217;s game. It will be very interesting to see what Mikel Arteta will do if his captain is ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ethan Nwaneri is running, but I&#8217;d like to see Ebebeki Eze win his first start. If Arteta started him in the central region against the champions, it would be a massive show of faith in the youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bukayosaka gets treatment for injuries (photo by Justin Setter Field\/Getty Images) Arsenal FC journalist Charles Watts provided insight into how they line up for Liverpool for weekend games. Buy your Arsenal Champions League tickets here! Gunners faced a very challenging trip to Anfield on Sunday afternoon, and their work became even more difficult with Buka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-22220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}