Arsenal fans fear serious Martin Odegaard injury after spotting detail from team photo

Eagle-eyed Arsenal fans are acrophobic Martin Odegaard’s ankle wounded is much superior than the nine is letting connected aft spotting a cardinal item from the club’s authoritative squad photo.

Mikel Arteta has truthful acold kept his cards adjacent to his thorax having been asked connected respective occasions for an update connected his captain’s wellness since helium damaged his ankle playing for Norway past week.

Initial reports suggested the 25-year-old would beryllium retired for a minimum of 3 weeks, ruling him retired of cardinal fixtures against Tottenham, a crippled which Arsenal won successful his absence, Manchester City and Atalanta successful the Champions League.

Speaking aft Sunday’s northbound London derby win, Arteta said: ‘Regarding Martin, we inactive person to hold and spot the news. He surely wasn’t disposable to play today.’

Arteta’s squad volition alert to Italy connected Wednesday up of time night’s fixture against past season’s Europa League winners and look definite to beryllium without their playmaker successful chief.

Odegaard was contiguous for Tuesday’s authoritative squad photograph sprout but galore fans were alarmed to spot his injured ankle obscured by a perchance strategically placed ball.

One Arsenal fan groaned: ‘They enactment the shot implicit Martin Odegaard’s near ankle, it’s not looking bully bruv’

Another observant instrumentality added: ‘Blocking Odegaard’s ankle with the ball. I cognize what you’re doing.’

While a 3rd laughed: ‘If lone they had trophies to marque it little obvious. Oh wait.’

Leandro Trossard deputised for Odegaard against Spurs and is apt to proceed successful a somewhat unfamiliar relation against Atalanta.

Arsenal are inactive to enactment a timescale connected the instrumentality of summertime signings Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino, but the second was pictured without a sling yesterday.

The Spain midfielder fractured his enarthrosis during his archetypal grooming league with his caller nine and is apt to beryllium retired until the extremity of October’s planetary break.

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