Thomas Tuchel gives Ezri Konsa injury update after missing England’s game vs Czechia

England were back in action on Tuesday evening as they picked up their first win since the World Cup against Czechia.

It was by no means a vintage performance from England, but a 2-0 win against 10 men did the job.

As ever, there was plenty of Arsenal representation here. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Bukayo Saka started the match, while Eberechi Eze came off the bench.

However, there was one notable absentee as Ezri Konsa wasn’t in the squad after picking up a knock.

The idea of Konsa being injured is a concern due to the fact William Saliba is also out of action, but, by the looks of things, Konsa’s situation doesn’t appear to be too serious.

Thomas Tuchel shares Ezri Konsa injury update

Speaking to the BBC after the game, Thomas Tuchel touched on Konsa’s injury.

England still have two more games to play in this international break, and Tuchel suggested that Konsa could indeed be back for England’s next game.

“We have now three days, which is a big difference to only two days. We decided not to go back to England, but to stay in Prague one more night, get some good rest and then travel straight to Croatia to have two training sessions there. We will push everyone to be available, even Ezri Konza and Nico O’Reilly, hopefully.

“And then we know more, but yeah, so of course the next important match for us against a direct opponent and we want to win.”

By the sounds of it, Konsa’s issue isn’t all that serious, and he should be back in action sooner rather than later.

This is a boost for Arsenal as the defender has a key part to play for the Gunners in the coming weeks as we await the return of William Saliba.

Fingers crossed there are no further injury issues involving Arsenal players during this break after Kai Havertz went down for Germany last week.