Arteta reveals Gabriel blow ahead of North London Derby

Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Gabriel will be out for 'weeks' after picking up an injury with Brazil

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00:00Yeah, Gabi unfortunately picked up an injury with the Brazilian national team

00:04and he's going to be out for weeks.

00:06Can you give us any more coverage?

00:09No, we need to have another scan, I think it's next Wednesday,

00:14and we'll have the timeline probably much more clear than we have at the moment.

00:19Yeah, it's clearly a blow because it's our leader in our backline,

00:24and to me, obviously, it's never a positive thing.

00:27The good thing, as you mentioned, is that we have very good options

00:31and people have to stand up now and do the job.