Arsenal will begin their period without Bukayo Saka this evening when they take on Ipswich Town. The winger is out for the foreseeable future after picking up a hamstring problem in the win over Crystal Palace.

Concerns over Saka were apparent fairly early after he left Selhurst Park on crutches. Mikel Arteta confirmed in his pre-Ipswich press conference that he would be without his star player for 'many weeks'.

"It's not looking good he's going to be out for many weeks," he said. "My intention right now is to get the best of what we have." Arteta revealed he is putting some ideas together for Saka's absence. "I haven’t got there yet but I have a few [ideas].

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"I want to speak with them as well and take it in a positive way. It means we’re going to be different. We went through the period with Martin and the period with five, six defenders missing. We’re looking at it with positive energy."

The Gunners are currently dealing with a number of injuries and football.london has taken a look at the latest.

Bukayo Saka

Injury: Hamstring.

What Arteta has said: "It's not looking good he's going to be out for many weeks."

Expected return date: Unknown.

Raheem Sterling

Injury: Knee.

What Arteta has said: "He’s gonna be out for weeks," Arteta said on Monday. "He needs further testing tomorrow to understand the extent of his injury. It’s his knee.

"He was gutted. You could tell that he hasn’t been injured because he was really emotional and really down. He will be fine but I think he’s going to need a few days."

Expected return date: Unknown.

Ben White

Injury: Knee.

What Arteta has said: "Ben is going to be out for months. We had to make a decision in the last few weeks, unfortunately. It got to a point where we had to protect the player, and we decided to do the surgery."

Potential return date: March.

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Injury: Knee.

Expected return date: Unknown.

Oleksandr Zinchenko

Injury: Calf.

Expected return date: Unknown.