Bukayo Saka injury update: Arsenal forward departs England camp for further assessment at club

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Bukayo Saka injury update: Arsenal forward departs England camp for further assessment at club

Bukayo Saka has departed from the England training camp and has returned to Arsenal for additional evaluation on the injury he sustained during the match against Greece.

The Arsenal winger limped off during the second half of Thursday's defeat to Greece at Wembley and will not feature in England's Nations League clash with Finland on Sunday.

Interim England boss Lee Carsley gave an update on Saka's injury after the game.

Carsley said: "He's been assessed but in the build-up to the first goal you could see he'd felt something in his leg."

Saka continues to be assessed by the Arsenal medical team after arriving back with the club on Saturday morning ahead of their Premier League game against Bournemouth in their first fixture after the international break on October 19 - which you can watch live on .

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Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones is also out of England's trip to Finland because of a personal commitment.

Jones was a late addition to the England squad ahead of the Greece game but was an unused substitute.

Harry Kane was one of 22 players who trained on Saturday, increasing hopes the captain will be fit after missing Thursday's game.

Kane could not overcome a knock picked up playing for Bayern Munich in time to feature against Greece and his absence prompted Carsley to deploy an attacking line-up featuring Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Saka, Cole Palmer and Anthony Gordon.

It backfired as Greece won 2-1 to take control of League B Group 2, leaving England no room for any more slip-ups if they want to win the group and return to League A automatically.

Jack Grealish also took part in training after missing the defeat to Greece.

Another injury blow for Arsenal?

News reporter Dharmesh Sheth at England training:

"Saka will return to Arsenal for further assessment on what looks like a hamstring injury he suffered against Greece.

"It's not a surprise after the winger was substituted after 51 minutes last Thursday holding his right hamstring.

"A penny for Mikel Arteta's thoughts.

"The last two international breaks have seen him lose his captain Martin Odegaard with Norway and now Saka, who is probably going to be an injury doubt for the trip to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth."

Arsenal's next six fixtures…

Saturday October 19: Bournemouth (A) - Premier League kick-off 5.30pm, live on

Tuesday October 22: Shakhtar Donetsk (H) - Champions League, kick-off 8pm

Sunday October 27: Liverpool (H) - Premier League, kick-off 4.30pm, live on

Wednesday October 30: Preston North End (A) - Carabao Cup, kick-off 7.45pm, live on

Saturday November 2: Newcastle (A) - Premier League, kick-off 12.30pm

Wednesday November 6: Inter Milan (A) - Champions League, kick-off 8pm