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Arsenal attacker is dealt 'major injury blow' just ONE game into the new season - meaning Mikel Arteta 'could be forced back into the transfer market'

Arsenal have suffered a troubling injury blow just days into the news Premier League season - and it is set to force the Gunners back into the transfer market for an attacking player, according to a report.

Kai Havertz has been dealt another fitness setback in the form of a knee injury, which saw him absent from Arsenal's open training session at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday morning.

Havertz, 26, missed the second half of last season after contracting a serious hamstring issue during the Gunners' mid-season training camp in Dubai.