“Big big miss” - why Arsenal fans are ruing key figure’s weighty absence

Kieran Tierney, Hector Bellerin, and Rob Holding: three long-sidelined players are set to return to first-team action very soon.

A rosy piece of news that indicates that Arsenal will have a fully-stacked first-team roster for Emery to pluck from and employ for Arsenal’s future fixtures. That was a sanguine reality, for a whole day.

In a major blow, Arsenal torpedoed the brief, buoyant reality of a fully-available first-team squad the Arsenal faithful were savoring with news that Alexander Lacazette will be sidelined with a niggling ankle injury for the remainder of September.

The 28 year old France international is arguably Arsenal’s best player, emphasized by Arsenal fans who voted him as the club’s Player of The Season. Endowed with intelligence, versatility, and a hard work ethic, Arsenal will miss his bustling and menacing presence inside and outside the box, and so will the Arsenal faithful.

big big miss, but Auba upfront is still amazing

— averageopinion (@averageopinion2) September 13, 2021

when you think we finally have a fully fit squad with Tierney, Holding and Bellerin returning, only for Lacazette to be ruled out until October pic.twitter.com/ADvmn5On04

— Amy (@amyjohnsonnn_) September 13, 2021

Finally club football is back and I’m all excited for it.

*Opens Twitter*

Lacazette injured and will be out till October

My mood : pic.twitter.com/Y29T1cs7rZ

— Dammit Arsenal 🤦 (@DammitArsenal) September 13, 2021

Arsenal will be without Alexandre Lacazette until October due to an ankle problem 🚑😩 pic.twitter.com/0TR953S9m5

— Arsenal FC News (@ArsenalFC_fl) September 13, 2021