According to the Evening Standard, Arsenal centre-back Ezri Conan sustained an injury while on international duty with England and returned to the club for further assessment. While the injury is not considered serious, his availability for this weekend's match against Leeds United remains unclear.

England manager Thomas Tuchel announced on Monday that Conan and Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott sustained injuries in last weekend's match against Croatia and would return to their respective clubs for further evaluation.

It is understood that Conan had been dealing with discomfort before his international assignment. Tuchel previously described his condition as "feeling unwell," and the Evening Standard confirmed that the 28-year-old defender had been struggling with a bruised leg prior to the Croatia match.

Despite this, Conan played the full 90 minutes against Croatia. However, the issue reportedly flared up during the match. As a precautionary measure, England's coaching staff decided to release him early to prevent further aggravation.

Indeed, the original plan was for Como's current centre-back Trevor Chalobah to start in place of Conan in the Czech Republic match. Accordingly, England released Conan back to Arsenal early to allow him more recovery time.

Conan joined Arsenal from Aston Villa this summer. Prior to that, during the World Cup period, he appeared in 7 of England's 8 matches. Since joining Arsenal, Conan has been gradually regaining fitness and aims to reach peak performance as quickly as possible.

However, this international break has brought several injury concerns for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. In addition to Conan, other players have sustained injuries during international duty.

Among them, Christos Tzolis suffered a hamstring injury while playing for the Greece national team and will miss Saturday's match against Leeds United. While his injury is not as serious as initially feared, he is expected to be sidelined for approximately three weeks.

Meanwhile, the condition of Germany's Kai Havertz also remains uncertain. He suffered a hamstring injury in Germany's first match of this international break, and his recovery status is currently unclear.

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