Arsenal star Riccardo Calafiori spotted on the red carpet as surprise movie guest amid injury troubles

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As he puts himself through injury rehabilitation once again, Riccardo Calafiori has been spotted amongst a few movie stars on the red carpet during the week.

The Arsenal star has been out of action since he suffered a knee issue against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.

Calafiori has been injured since, though Mikel Arteta will be hopeful that the star is back in the squad after the international break.

With some big games coming up, the defender will be putting himself through the paces to return to action – having missed out on the latest Italy squad through that injury.

In his time off, Calafiori has been rather busy not just recovering, but featuring on the red carpet at a huge movie premiere.

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Riccardo Calafiori spotted at Gladiator 2 global film premiere

During his time away from the pitch, Calafiori was spotted in London in Leicester Square as part of a huge movie premiere.

The star was invited to see a screening of Gladiator II on Wednesday, November 13, which was part of the Royal Film Performance & Global Premiere for the movie.

Spotted on the red carpet, the defender was snapped dressed up in a suit in front of all the decorative sets to celebrate the release of the film.

Arsenal posted a photo of the star on Instagram with the caption: “Richy 🤝 The Royal Film Performance and Global Premiere of Gladiator II.”

It marks some decent rest time for Calafiori, who will be looking to use the two-week break to full effect before an intense run of fixtures.

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Riccardo Calafiori injury return hope

Recent reports stated that Calafiori could be out of just one-to-two weeks through injury following the Shakhtar Donetsk clash.

With that time frame passing, there is increased hope that the versatile star will be back in action for the coming run of matches.

The return from the international break comes against an in-form Nottingham Forest side that could leapfrog Arsenal with victory.

After that comes yet more Premier League, Champions League and EFL Cup action that will test the squad at every avenue.

With the team already extremely thin through various injury issues, Arteta would be boosted by the Italian being available once again.

Add to that the recent revival of Martin Odegaard and there are some positives to take for the period ahead.

That said, recent injury issues for Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka has seen them drop out of the England squad and leaves them as the latest injury concerns.