Martin Odegaard injury return ‘going to plan’ ahead of three huge Arsenal games

Martin Odegaard’s instrumentality from wounded is ‘going to plan’, according to Norway’s manager, with Arsenal hoping to person him backmost for games against Newcastle United, Inter Milan and Chelsea.

The Arsenal skipper is currently ruled retired with an ankle problem, which helium suffered connected planetary work with Norway successful September.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has suggested Odegaard volition instrumentality earlier the adjacent planetary break, which runs from November 10 to November 18.

Norway brag Stale Solbakken has present provided a caller update and told VG: ‘Everything indicates that things are going according to program [for Odegaard to play for his state successful November].

‘So it’s astir the past steps erstwhile you person to bid with opponents and successful squad training. It depends connected however helium responds to that, but we person a morganatic anticipation that helium is ready.’

The Gunners look 3 immense games successful the abstraction of conscionable 8 days earlier the adjacent circular of internationals.

Arsenal question to Newcastle connected November 2, instrumentality connected Inter successful the Champions League connected November 6 and past person a travel to Chelsea connected November 10.

Before that important run, Arsenal big Premier League rubric rivals Liverpool astatine the Emirates connected Sunday, which is crippled that’ll travel excessively soon for Odegaard.

Arsenal are looking to get backmost to winning ways successful the top-flight aft a costly 2-0 decision astatine AFC Bournemouth successful which William Saliba was shown a reddish card.

Odegaard has described the determination to nonstop disconnected Sailba arsenic ‘strange’ arsenic helium told the Arsenal website: ‘My archetypal feeling was that a yellowish paper would beryllium enough, and it was the aforesaid for the referee [initially].

‘He had a wide presumption connected it, truthful I thought it was unusual that VAR should past alteration his decision. It’s done present though, truthful we person to determination connected and look astatine the adjacent game.’

Speaking astir his injury, Odegaard added: ‘I’ve been moving precise hard connected my betterment successful the past fewer weeks, and missing retired connected large Champions League nights similar [against Shakhtar Donetsk] conscionable makes maine much determined and motivated to get backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible.

‘I’m feeling amended and amended each day, but erstwhile it’s an ankle wounded you person ups and downs arsenic well. Some days you consciousness truly good, and past sometimes you tin person a small reaction. But successful wide it’s getting amended and I consciousness similar I’m getting person now.

‘I’ve been doing a batch of enactment successful the gym, and was connected an anti-gravity treadmill recently, which is truly bully due to the fact that it takes the value off. Especially astatine the opening that was truly good, to beryllium moving again similar that erstwhile you’ve been offloading the limb and not utilizing it arsenic overmuch arsenic normal.

‘That was a bully feeling, helping maine get backmost to moving successful a mean way, and being capable to tally aft not being capable to bash that.’

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