The 27-year-old full-back started the Gunners‘ final game before the international break, the 1-1 draw at Chelsea, completing 90 minutes in his seventh league start of the season.
During the two-week hiatus, White underwent what Arsenal called a minor surgical procedure on a knee issue, which Arteta has now confirmed will keep him out for the foreseeable future.
White has been a near ever-present in the Arsenal backline since his arrival in 2021, missing only seven Premier League games in his first three seasons and featuring in nine of Arsenal’s 11 so far this term.
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Defensive issues have already plagued the Gunners this season with Jurrien Timber, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori and Takehiro Tomiyasu all struck down by injury at different times, but Arteta felt a crumb of comfort that the rest of his backline was finally shaking off those problems.
Arteta will manage his 250th Arsenal game on Saturday against Nottingham Forest, who sit level on points with them in the Premier League table owing to the Gunners’ four-game winless streak in the league.
The international break gave the manager a chance to reflect on what has been behind those recent results, and while identifying areas he is looking to improve, the 42-year-old feels Arsenal have not been as bad as two points from their last four matches may suggest.