Riccardo Calafiori celebrates together with his Arsenal teammates (Photograph by Mike Hewitt/Getty Photos)
Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has hinted that Riccardo Calafiori is wanting more likely to be again in time for the Champions League semi-final tie vs Paris Saint-Germain.
The Gunners loved a memorable win over Actual Madrid within the quarter-finals, triumphing 5-1 on mixture towards the reigning European champions.
PSG are up subsequent for Arsenal and could possibly be a harder take a look at as they’re in excellent type in the intervening time, so it will be helpful to have a key participant like Calafiori again.
The Italy worldwide is a flexible defender who can provide Arteta choices at centre-back or left-back, so he might nonetheless have an necessary function to play this season.
Discussing his comeback from harm, Arteta had this to say, as per journalist Simon Collings…
Arteta: “If every little thing goes properly, I believe so – possibly a bit of bit earlier. Let’s see. He’s on the pitch already. He’s doing various stuff and we simply have to make the precise steps now to verify when he’s again, he’s in place to carry out.” https://t.co/z07RgvNKrb
— Simon Collings (@sr_collings) April 18, 2025
“If every little thing goes properly, I believe so – possibly a bit of bit earlier. Let’s see,” Arteta stated when requested about Calafiori being again for PSG.
“He’s on the pitch already. He’s doing various stuff and we simply have to make the precise steps now to verify when he’s again, he’s in place to carry out.”
Can Arsenal go all the way in which within the Champions League?
It’s been a troublesome and irritating season for Arsenal within the Premier League, with accidents majorly disrupting their progress.
Liverpool, against this, have not likely needed to make do with none of their most necessary gamers for a very prolonged interval at any level, aside from Trent Alexander-Arnold just lately.
Arsenal presently have Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Magalhaes out, whereas Bukayo Saka missed a big chunk of the marketing campaign, and others like Calafiori and Ben White have additionally spent loads of time on the sidelines.
If Arsenal’s luck can begin to flip in the direction of the top of the marketing campaign, then they might have it in them to lastly win the Champions League.
The north London giants had been excellent in each legs towards Actual Madrid, even with midfielder Mikel Merino being shoe-horned into taking part in up entrance, and with Jakub Kiwior filling in for Gabriel in defence.
AFC will hope to not lose anybody else within the weeks forward, and Calafiori’s return might definitely be helpful for a troublesome opponent like PSG.
