Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres was forced to sit out training with the rest of the Sweden squad on Thursday.

Press officer Petra Thoren confirmed that the 28-year-old was one of three players who trained on their own:

“Three players will not be taking part in the full-squad training session. Dejan Kulusevski (who has just returned from injury) is following a specific individual program related to his training load. This was planned in advance.”

“Benjamin Nygren and Viktor Gyökeres are also training individually. These are precautionary measures. The plan is for them to participate tomorrow.”

Gyokeres must be carrying an injury

Although Thoren said that the forward is expected to train as normal on Friday (today at the time of writing), his absence is somewhat surprising, considering there was no indication that he had a fitness issue heading into the international break.

Gyokeres played the last 30 minutes of the 1-0 win over Hull City last weekend, having replaced Kai Havertz just after the hour mark.

Sweden play Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday evening, so if the forward makes the matchday squad, it suggests he was only dealing with a minor knock, nothing more.

Latest Arsenal injury news

A lot can happen during an international break, so things may not stay this way, but the Gunners’ treatment room is pretty empty currently.

Bukayo Saka is one of only two first-team players unavailable. The winger is continuing his recovery from a quad injury, with the expectation that he will make his comeback at the beginning of December.

Ezri Konsa is the other injury concern. He has a knee problem that will force him to miss England’s game against Croatia, but he is set to return to training before the end of the week. If he comes through the following fixture versus Spain unscathed, he should be ready to face Newcastle in the Gunners’ next match on November 21st.