Sokratis picked up a calf strain that was only supposed to keep him out of the Fulham game but he’s still not back in training and has now missed more games through injury than at any other point of his career.
Sokratis is out with a mild calf strain in his right leg and Arsenal initially said he would be back in training at the start of the week following our opening game against Fulham.
That was then pushed back to the end of the week and the West Ham came and went but Sokratis was nowhere to be seen. Next up was Leicester and, nope, he wasn’t around then either.
The latest Arsenal update ahead of our league game at Anfield on Monday night states that the club are aiming to integrate him into training ‘in the coming days’.
He’s probably going to be sold to Napoli so it doesn’t really matter anyway.
Expected return date: ‘Coming days’
Sokratis injury history
As you can see from the table below, Sokratis’ spell on the sidelines is the longest of his career.
| Season | Injury | From | To | Days out | Games missed |
| 20/21 | Calf strain | Sep 11, 2020 | present | 3 | |
| 19/20 | Ill | Jan 17, 2020 | Jan 22, 2020 | 5 days | 2 |
| 19/20 | Concussion | Dec 27, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 | 3 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Oct 23, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Oct 2, 2019 | Oct 4, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Sep 23, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Sep 18, 2019 | Sep 20, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Ill | Jan 17, 2020 | Jan 22, 2020 | 5 days | 2 |
| 19/20 | Concussion | Dec 27, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 | 3 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Oct 23, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Oct 2, 2019 | Oct 4, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Sep 23, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Rest | Sep 18, 2019 | Sep 20, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 18/19 | Ankle Injury | Oct 15, 2018 | Oct 24, 2018 | 9 days | 1 |
| 17/18 | Fractured Rib | Nov 20, 2017 | Nov 23, 2017 | 3 days | 1 |
| 17/18 | Ankle problems | Nov 6, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | 3 days | 0 |
| 17/18 | Foot Injury | Oct 12, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | 0 days | 0 |
| 17/18 | Gastric problems | Aug 24, 2017 | Aug 28, 2017 | 4 days | 1 |
| 17/18 | Knock | Jul 24, 2017 | Jul 24, 2017 | 0 days | 0 |
| 16/17 | Minor Knock | May 1, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | 0 days | 0 |
| 16/17 | Muscular problems | Apr 20, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | 4 days | 1 |
| 16/17 | Minor Knock | May 1, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | 0 days | 0 |
| 16/17 | Muscular problems | Apr 20, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | 4 days | 1 |
| 16/17 | Calf muscle strain | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 | 4 days | 1 |
| 16/17 | Calf muscle strain | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 | 4 days | 1 |