Arsenal star Jurrien Timber joins forces with Man City rival after "dangerous" warning

Jurrien Timber is opening to marque a sanction for himself successful North London aft a mendacious commencement astatine the Emirates Stadium owed to a semipermanent wounded but is determined not to endure the aforesaid fate

Jurrien Timber has added an influential Arsenal dependable to the menace of players going connected onslaught implicit their “dangerous” workload.

The Gunners full-back, who missed astir each of past play with a superior genu injury, agrees with Manchester City prima Rodri’s informing that players are connected the brink of concern action overs the hazard of burn-out. Timber is relishing Arsenal ’s location clash with Paris Saint-Germain successful the swollen Champions League radical signifier connected Tuesday.

But the £34 cardinal defender is backing Rodri and Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker’s comments astir the never-ending demands connected elite players and helium said: “I wholly hold with them.

“It’s a large taxable astatine the infinitesimal successful dressing rooms, not lone astatine City and Liverpool but besides our dressing room. I didn’t play past season, truthful I’m conscionable enjoying playing close present and you won’t perceive maine complaining, but I wholly recognize what they’re saying.

The Champions League radical signifier has been expanded from six games to eight, and Timber warned the other matches hazard much players suffering superior injuries.

He said: “I honestly deliberation it’s a unsafe thing. Last week we played City and they played again 2 days aboriginal - that’s excessively much. The players are speaking close present and fto their voices beryllium heard. It doesn’t look similar it’s getting immoderate little (busy) astatine the moment.

“We’re conscionable trying to beryllium determination each crippled to springiness our best, but it gets hard erstwhile the games support coming and coming, particularly successful England without having a wintertime break, it’s truly hard.”

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Timber says Arsenal volition people a top-eight decorativeness successful the caller Champions League ‘Swiss model’ due to the fact that it volition prevention the playing an extras 2 games, and helium admitted: “That would marque a difference.

“You privation to beryllium successful the apical 8 due to the fact that you privation the highest imaginable finish, but successful this lawsuit it besides makes a quality for your squad successful presumption of resting.”

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