Gabriel Magalhães will not play until the next season in an injury for Arsenal | Arsenal

Arsenal confirmed that Gabriel Magalhães requires surgery on his wounded knee tendon and the rest of the season will be missing in a serious blow before the first stage of their Champions League quarter -finals against Real Madrid Tuesday.

The Brazil defender limp After 16 minutes by Arsenal’s 2-1 victory over Fulham Tuesday, with Mikel Arte who affirmed the game that the player had “heard something in his knee tendon”. Gabriel was sent for scans Wednesday.

“We can confirm that Gabriel Magalhães has undergone a lesion of the knee tendon that requires surgery,” says a Arsenal declaration. “Gabi will undergo a surgical repair procedure at his knee tendon in the next few days and will immediately begin his recovery and rehabilitation program, with the aim of being ready for the start of the next season.”

Gabriel was one of the exceptional Arsenal artists this season and his absence leaves art with important numbers before Saturday’s trip to Everton in the Premier League and Tuesday’s match at home in Madrid. Jakub Kiwior has deputy for Gabriel against Fulham. The versatile jurriën timber was forced to turn on a knee injury and is not known if he returns.

Ben White, who is also able to play centrally, lost the Fulham game with a knee injury and Riccardo Calafiori came out for at least two weeks after being injured with Italy. Leave only four defenders in shape with a potentially art. The attackers Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus were excluded for the season and Mikel Merino was deployed as a improvised plant In recent weeks.

Liverpool’s victory on Everton on Wednesday means that Arsenal is 12 points behind the leaders before their last visit to Goodison Park. The title of Premier League could be wrapped when the Arsenal Play ad Anfield in an appointment moved to Sunday 11 May. Arsenal will host Crystal Palace on Wednesday 23 April due to the semifinal of the England Cup of Palace against the Aston Villa the following weekend.