Arsenal given Ezri Konsa injury update after defender skips England training

Konsa ruled out of England's Nations League match against Croatia on Thursday due to a knee injury sustained at Slavia Prague; Spence also unavailable.

Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Arsenal defender Ezri Konsa will miss England's Nations League clash against Croatia at Wembley on Thursday through injury. Konsa has been managing a knee problem sustained during Arsenal's 2-1 Champions League win away to Slavia Prague, though he played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal's subsequent 1-0 victory over Hull.

Since joining up with the England squad, he has been following an individual training programme and was absent from the main group session at Tottenham's training ground on Wednesday.

Tuchel said he does not want to risk further injury by playing either Konsa or Djed Spence, who has also struggled for fitness since his summer move from Spurs to Inter Milan. Both players are expected to return to team training on Saturday and be available for England's match against World Champions Spain at the Metropolitano in Madrid on Sunday.