Martin Odegaard is successful contention to marque his eagerly anticipated Arsenal comeback against Inter.
The Gunners played 12 games successful each competitions without their skipper since helium damaged ankle ligaments playing for Norway during September’s planetary break.
Arsenal initially coped admirably without their astir originative player, beating Tottenham distant from location and coming wrong a whisker of winning astatine Manchester City for the archetypal clip since 2015.
More recently, however, Mikel Arteta’s broadside person struggled without their skipper and person taken conscionable 1 constituent from the past 3 Premier League games, a tally culminating successful Saturday’s decision astatine Newcastle.
Odegaard appears acceptable to springiness his squad a overmuch needed boost and was backmost successful grooming connected Tuesday greeting and is apt to alert to Milan with the remainder of the archetypal squad squad aboriginal today.
Inter person made a coagulated commencement to their Champions League run and it doesn’t get immoderate easier for Arsenal with a London derby against Chelsea connected Sunday astatine Stamford Bridge connected the horizon.
Arteta volition anticipation Odegaard volition beryllium capable to diagnostic successful some matches this week earlier November’s planetary fixtures which, overmuch to his nine manager’s relief, the Arsenal No.8 won’t instrumentality immoderate portion in.
Norway had been threatening to prime their talisman up of the upcoming games against Slovenia and Kazakhstan but it appears that a compromise has been reached.
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