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Arsenal's latest signing has been sidelined for several weeks, which has been confirmed by Mikel Arteta.
Mikel Merino completed his move from Real Sociedad to Arsenal for a fee worth £31.6 million, including performance-related add-ons.
The midfielder signed a four-year contract deal at Arsenal, with the option to extend for a further 12 months.
However, following his move, he suffered a terrific injury in his first training session with the first team.
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Merino ruled out due to injury
Merino has been confirmed injured by Arteta after a collision during training, leading to shoulder damage to the player.
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According to the Mirror, Arteta said, "Yes, very unfortunate. Yesterday he had a collision and he has a shoulder injury. It looks like he’s going to be out for a few weeks.
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"He was really excited and everything was looking really good. He landed on the floor and Gabi landed on top of him and it looks like he has a small fracture probably."
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Arteta suggested that the Spanish midfielder landed badly on the floor and one of his teammates fell on his hand, leading to a small fracture.
Merino will now undoubtedly miss the match on Saturday against Brighton, as well as the matches in September against Manchester City, Tottenham, Bolton Wanderers, and Leicester.
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