Some Arsenal fans on Twitter are reacting to a photo of Sead Kolasinac’s injury on international duty.
Playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the versatile Arsenal defender went off injured on 39 minutes following a challenge from Finland’s Jukka Raitala.
Raitala also wound up getting a red card for the tackle and after seeing a still of the incident, it’s easy to see why.
Kolasinac, who earns £100,000 per week in North London, took a studs-up challenge to the ankle, causing it to bend.
It remains to be seen how serious the actual incident was but, going by the images, it doesn’t look good.
The challenge that caused Kolasinac’s injury (and the red card). https://t.co/EfCVbrEqBV
— Charles Watts (@charles_watts) November 13, 2021
The 28-year-old is very much a fringe player at Arsenal.
Kolasinac has only managed 90 minutes of Premier League football this season and although Mikel Arteta won’t like having any of his players sidelined, it’s a lot worse if this was Gabriel Magalhaes or someone.
With Kieran Tierney sidelined, Kolasinac has been getting a wee bit more time as Nuno Tavares’s understudy at left back.
Having said all of the above, the former Schalke is one heck of a player as far as physicality goes.
He’s just about as robust a player as Arsenal have in the squad.
And if anybody’s body can sustain the damage he suffered today, it’s him.
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