Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes the accumulation of long-term injuries experienced by some clubs is an “accident waiting to happen” because of the increased demands on players in a busy soccer calendar.

Mikel Arteta has called season-ending injuries like the one suffered by Kai Havertz “an accident waiting to happen” with the increasing demands on current players. Havertz tore his hamstring on Arsenal’s warm-weather training trip to Dubai and will require surgery,

The German forward was ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a hamstring injury at a warm weather training camp in Dubai