The Arsenal is evaluating striker Kai Hvertz after suffering a muscular injury in the team’s Dubai training field.
There are fears that the 25 -year -old has been torn and the rest of the season can be lost.
Atlético has reported that it is not clear if it will need surgery, but informs that its season is likely, external.
The BBC has not yet verified these details and Arsenal has not published any statement.
Manager Mikel Arteta will be asked about the scope of the press conference on Friday before his team faces Leicester City on Saturday.
Hvertz has made 34 appearances in all competitions this season and is the top scorer with 15 goals and five assists.
The Gunners are already missing the front players Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka through the hamstring injuries and striker Gabriel Jesus is out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury.
Havertz’s addition to that list of injuries would leave Arteta very little about goals after the club could not sign attacker reinforcements in the January transfer window. The Spanish boss said he was “disappointed” with the lack of activity with an offer so that Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa rejected.
The rumors that link them with Alexander Isak by Newcastle, Matheus Cunha de Wolves, Benjamin Sesko de Leipzig and Evan Ferguson from Brighton did not reach anywhere.
Criticism had already been level in Arsenal even before these injuries problems with many experts and fans who suggest that they needed a striker to keep the hope of competing for a trophy.
Arteta said last week that Hvertz could have to start each game for the rest of the season, and added that his other options to play in the position would be Wingers Leandro Trosssard, Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri.
Arsenal flew for warm weather training last Thursday after being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle in the semifinal. They were not involved in the FA Cup accessories of this weekend after their third round defeat by Manchester United.
Last season, after a similar break, Arsenal won 16 of his next 18 games.
They currently sit in the Premier League, six points drift from Liverpool leaders, who have a game in hand.
