Martin Odegaard's true injury hidden from public as Arsenal took drastic measures

Martin Odegaard was near sidelined for months aft sustaining a achy ankle wounded during the September planetary interruption and Arsenal went to large lengths to support his contented nether wraps

Arsenal were truthful keen to fell Martin Odegaard’s caller wounded that they adjacent altered their ain squad photo.

The Norwegian playmaker has precocious returned from the ankle wounded that helium picked up during the September planetary break. Odegaard made a substitute quality against Inter Milan earlier returning to the starting line-up.

The Arsenal skipper had antecedently missed two-and-a-half months of enactment for the Gunners. And it appears that nine chiefs and Arteta were precise keen to support the existent grade of his wounded firmly nether wraps.

The Arsenal brag did not wholly regularisation the midfielder retired erstwhile his players returned from the planetary interruption contempt the midfielder being successful a protective footwear and connected crutches. Speaking soon earlier his side’s clash with Tottenham, helium said: “Players with 48 hours to spell are ever available, but let’s spot what happens.”

And Arsenal’s attempts to support Odegaard’s contented nether wraps adjacent extended to their authoritative squad photo. According to The Athletic, the Gunners placed a shot successful beforehand of Odegaard successful the anticipation to obscure his intelligibly swollen ankle from the cameras.

Odegaard volition surely anticipation to beryllium acceptable for Arsenal up of this weekend’s crippled against Nottingham Forest. He was initially named successful Norway’s squad for the planetary interruption but pulled retired of the squad successful an effort to physique up his fitness.

Explaining the decision, Odegaard said: “I got done the lucifer astatine the play [vs Chelsea ], but it was a alternatively abrupt modulation from the past 9 weeks. In this benignant of process, you don’t conscionable spell from being injured to abruptly being wholly healthy.

“You thin to person a absorption to what happens, and past it’s astir however you respond to it. Together with the NFF’s aesculapian team, we’ve looked astatine it and agreed that it’s amended for maine to spell backmost and marque a afloat recovery.

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“We person had an unfastened and bully discussion. I person been talking to Ståle ever since I was injured, and of people much intensively successful caller weeks. This is not astir what Arsenal has said, oregon what Ståle has said. It’s astir what my concern is.

“Yes [it’s my choice], but successful consultation with the aesculapian squad present [in Norway]. This is thing we hold on, but yet it is maine who has made the prime based connected what I cognize the assemblage needs.”

While Odegaard looks acceptable to beryllium fit, Arteta does person 1 caller concern. Belgian winger Leandro Trossard was withdrawn successful the first-half during his nation’s clash with Israel.

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