It was the sight that no Arsenal fan wished to see in the course of the worldwide break.
With the Gunners already going through a few midfield absentees with Declan Rice suspended and Mikel Merino nonetheless sidelined forward of Sunday’s north London derby, seeing skipper Martin Odegaard limp out of motion for Norway was the very last thing Mikel Arteta would have wished.
Odergaard suffered an ankle harm within the second half of Norway’s Nations League win over Austria on Monday night time, the timing of which may barely have been worse, contemplating the Gunners face Atalanta and Manchester Metropolis within the seven days following their journey to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Will Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard be match sufficient to play in opposition to Tottenham on Sunday?
Arsenal are but to touch upon the severity of Odegaard’s harm, with Mikel Arteta as a consequence of face the media on Friday morning.
The standing of his skipper will probably be prime of the agenda, with the membership at the moment assessing the harm after the participant underwent an MRI scan.
Nonetheless, quotes from Norway’s crew physician earlier this week seem to point that the 25-year-old is a large doubt for Sunday’s north London derby and is ready for a spell on the sidelines.
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“Such ankle accidents usually take at the very least three weeks,” Ola Sand instructed the Norwegian media. Something apart from that’s only a bonus. After which it might take longer
“What we’ve got thus far obtained from the MRI examination in London is that there’s most likely no fracture within the ankle.”
Arsenal make the quick journey throughout north London seeking to return to successful methods within the Premier League following their 1-1 draw with Brighton earlier than the worldwide break, whereas Spurs have received one, drawn one and misplaced one among their opening three matches thus far this time period.
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