Arsenal signing Bartishvili faces three-month injury lay-off

Summarised from Evening Standard's report · Updated 5 Nov, 19:10 · Archive

Arsenal's £4million signing Andria Bartishvili will be out for up to three months with an ankle ligament injury.

Arsenal's £4million signing Andria Bartishvili will be sidelined for up to three months after damaging ligaments in his right ankle while playing for loan club Iberia 1999. The 17-year-old Georgian winger has agreed a five-year deal with the Gunners but cannot join until he turns 18 next summer under FIFA youth transfer rules.

An Instagram statement confirmed that an MRI scan showed 'high-quality damage' to the anterior talo-fibular ligament. It said Bartishvili would complete treatment and rehabilitation before the end of the season. Described as the 'next Kvaratskhelia' after fellow Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of Paris Saint-Germain, Bartishvili has made two goals in 17 league appearances this year for Iberia 1999, where he is on loan from Kolkheti 1913.

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