Arsenal star leaves international duty early for fitness assessment with Gunners staff

Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori has left the Italian national team for an early return to north London after picking up an injury in his country’s win over France.

Calafiori joined Arsenal from Bologna this summer and looks an exciting addition to Mikel Arteta’s side, so it’s not too surprising that they won’t want to take any risks with his fitness after this knock with Italy.

See below as Fabrizio Romano has posted about the defender’s situation on X, formerly Twitter, explaining...