Arsenal star Martin Odegaard is probably going set to overlook round three weeks of motion as a consequence of an ankle harm. The midfielder suffered the setback in a current worldwide match with Norway. Through the second half towards Austria, Odegaard turned his left ankle whereas warding off a problem. The Norwegian instantly fell to the bottom and was subsequently substituted minutes later.
Following the fixture, Norway supervisor Stale Solbakken claimed that the harm “seemed dangerous” however additional assessments have been wanted. Odegaard flew again to London on Tuesday to endure an analysis from Arsenal’s medical workers. Information from the take a look at outcomes was a little bit of a combined bag.
Norwegian journalist Joachim Baardsen has claimed that Odegaard was beforehand afraid that he would miss a number of months of motion. However, Norway’s group physician, Ola Sand, now states that the midfielder could also be out for round three weeks.
“Such ankle accidents typically take not less than three weeks. Something apart from that’s only a bonus after which it could actually take longer,” Sand informed Norwegian newspaper VG. “What now we have thus far obtained from the MRI examination in London is that there’s in all probability no fracture within the ankle.”
“It’s all the time a bit tough to interpret an MRI scan when you may have had an outdated harm, however Arsenal are virtually sure there isn’t a breach, however this will likely nonetheless take a while.”
Arsenal set for giant matchups all through September
Sand’s feedback come as Arsenal has not made an official announcement concerning the matter. Supervisor Mikel Arteta will tackle the scenario throughout his recurrently scheduled press convention on Friday. If Odegaard does miss three weeks, he’ll stay on the sidelines till the top of September.
The harm comes because the Gunners brace for a tricky stretch of matches. As an illustration, Arsenal’s first sport again from the worldwide break is towards bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal has managed to beat Spurs on the highway in every of their final two Premier League conferences. Nonetheless, the Lilywhites are usually a tricky group to beat at house.
Not solely is the rivalry matchup subsequent, however Arsenal additionally should face reigning English champions Manchester Metropolis the next week. The 2 groups are the highest two contenders for the Premier League title this yr. A Champions League matchup with Atalanta, a Carabao Cup fixture with Bolton, and a league affair with Leicester can be on the schedule earlier than October.
Arsenal boss should get artistic to curb Martin Odegaard harm
Not solely is Odegaard out. Arsenal may even be with out fellow midfielders Declan Rice and Mikel Merino for the Spurs sport. Rice is at the moment serving a suspension for the sport and Merino just lately suffered a shoulder harm. The dearth of choices in midfield offers Arteta a reasonably large headache heading into such an enormous stretch of video games.
New summer time signing Riccardo Calafiori just lately returned to Arsenal early due to an harm as effectively. French winger Ousmane Dembele caught the Italy worldwide on the again of the leg throughout a current sport. However, the defender will make the matchday squad on the weekend.
Arteta now has simply two totally match senior midfielders, Jorginho and Thomas Partey, accessible for the Spurs match. The Spaniard may very effectively decide to begin each of the veterans in the course of the pitch. He may additionally choose a typical defender corresponding to Jurrien Timber or Oleksandr Zinchenko within the place and even striker Kai Havertz. Teen prospect Ethan Nwaneri is probably the perfect like-for-like substitute for Odegaard in a extra attacking function.
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