{"id":13108,"date":"2022-03-24T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/24\/arsenals-bukayo-saka-forced-to-depart-england-squad\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:00:39","slug":"arsenals-bukayo-saka-forced-to-depart-england-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/24\/arsenals-bukayo-saka-forced-to-depart-england-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal\u2019s Bukayo Saka forced to depart England squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal starlet Bukayo Saka has this evening departed the England national team camp, it has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Word had of course spread across the media over the last 24 hours that wide-man Saka had emerged as a doubt to feature for his country in their latest round of pre-World Cup friendlies over the course of the coming week.<\/p>\n<p>This came amid rumours of illness on the part of the 20-year-old, albeit with it assured that little evidence had pointed towards the issue being Covid-19-related.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bukayo Saka ill in his hotel room at St George\u2019s Park but nothing has come back to suggest it is Covid-related in any way.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Mann-Bryans (@MarkyMBryans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkyMBryans\/status\/1506641213021208580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for both Saka and England alike, however, such reports have since proven to be wide of the mark.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with confirmation having arrived on Thursday evening that, in fact, the youngster <em>has<\/em> tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Saka, in turn, has departed Gareth Southgate\u2019s squad with immediate effect, having remained in self isolation away from the rest of the Three Lions\u2019 stars since Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A replacement will not be called up in place of the Arsenal man.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Get well soon, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BukayoSaka87?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BukayoSaka87<\/a>! ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England (@England) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/England\/status\/1507047092426006544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Swiss lie in wait<\/h2>\n<p>News of Saka\u2019s departure from the nation\u2019s camp of course comes ahead of a pair of England fixtures set to play out over the course of the next five days.<\/p>\n<p>As Southgate and co. step up their preparations for the Qatar World Cup later this year, first up on Saturday night comes a friendly showdown with Switzerland at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Then, three days later, history will be made, when the Three Lions play host to African outfit C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (The Ivory Coast), for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/clear-frontrunner-emerges-in-arsenals-striker-search-as-contacts-begin\/\">Clear frontrunner emerges in Arsenal\u2019s striker search as contacts opened<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/features\/why-arsenal-should-consider-emmanuel-dennis-as-an-alexandre-lacazette-replacement\/\">Why Arsenal should consider Emmanuel Dennis as an Alexandre Lacazette replacement<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Arsenal starlet Bukayo Saka has this evening departed the England national team camp, it has been confirmed. Word had of course spread across the media over the last 24 hours that wide-man Saka had emerged as a doubt to feature for his country in their latest round of pre-World Cup friendlies over the course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}