Arsenal news: Gunners receive double injury update as Martin Odegaard timeline emerges

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta volition anticipation to travel distant from the planetary interruption with immoderate affirmative quality connected the wounded beforehand arsenic Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard proceed their recovery

The planetary interruption is past its halfway people and it's astir imaginable to instrumentality attraction afloat backmost to nine football.

Arsenal volition anticipation to scrape done the remainder of the play without excessively galore worries earlier a engaged 8 days sees them look Bournemouth, Shakhtar Donetsk and Liverpool arsenic the play erstwhile again intensifies. Mikel Arteta has already endured one scare with Bukayo Saka and volition anticipation the remainder of his players featuring for their nationalist teams look unscathed.

Some person been capable to proceed promising signifier with Leandro Trossard getting connected the scoresheet successful Belgium's gully against Italy. The Gunners volition surely anticipation to deed the crushed moving against the Cherries.

Mirror Football takes a look astatine the past quality astir the Emirates arsenic the timepiece ticks down connected the instrumentality of the Premier League.

Saka wounded latest

The Gunners person not had a large woody of luck successful caller planetary breaks but volition beryllium hopeful they tin nuture Bukayo Saka backmost to fittingness aft it was decided helium would not question with England to play against Finland.

Saka picked up an injury successful defeat to Greece, and was substituted successful the 52nd infinitesimal of the 2-1 nonaccomplishment astatine Wembley. The Arsenal prima walked gingerly arsenic helium near the stadium and Lee Carsley confirmed helium would acquisition a scan.

“He’s being assessed,” helium said successful his post-match property conference. “Obviously, successful the build-up to the archetypal goal, you could spot helium felt thing successful his leg.”

Saka, who has started each crippled for the Gunners this season, alternatively volition instrumentality to Arsenal for further appraisal of his injury..

Martin Odegaard relief

September's planetary interruption saw Arsenal and Norway skipper Martin Odegaard autumn unfortunate to wounded and has yet to instrumentality to action. Arteta and co person had to negociate without their prima midfielder and supporters were near disquieted successful caller days erstwhile reports of a setback emerged.

However, determination remains an anticipation that the 25-year-old could instrumentality successful November arsenic helium recovers from his ankle injury. That remains wrong Arsenal's archetypal hopes of a return.

Speaking successful his Arsenal programme notes past week, Odegaard said: "I conscionable wanted to commencement with the latest connected my wounded and rehab. In the past week oregon truthful I’ve made truly bully progress.

"I’m getting amended and amended by the time and consciousness it’s going well. When you consciousness similar things are moving forward, it gives you information to bash much and more, and enactment harder. Today is our past crippled earlier different planetary break, truthful that gives maine immoderate much clip to enactment connected the rehab, too.

"Hopefully it won’t beryllium overmuch longer; I deliberation we volition cognize much arsenic soon arsenic I get retired connected the grooming pitches and we spot however my ankle responds to that. At the infinitesimal it’s progressing good and it looks amended than we were thinking, but we’ve inactive got to instrumentality each time arsenic it comes."

William Saliba transportation stance

Arsenal will not beryllium tempted by immoderate bid for prima defender William Saliba, amid involvement from Real Madrid. Los Blancos are hoping to fortify their backline and are understood to person identified the Frenchman arsenic a cardinal people up of adjacent summer's transportation window.

Saliba signed a four-year woody successful 2023 and Arsenal envisage him remaining astatine the Emirates for a sizeable magnitude of time. The defender is considered 'untouchable' and the northbound London broadside are unfazed by involvement successful the player.

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