Martin Odegaard appears to have suffered a setback in his recovery from injury and could be sidelined until December.
The midfielder picked up an injury while playing for Norway last month and has yet to return to action.
He has been working hard to regain fitness as quickly as possible, and Arsenal had been hopeful their captain would rejoin the squad sooner rather than later.
While the Gunners are doing their best to win games in his absence, a report from Football London reveals that Odegaard may be out for longer than initially expected.
The report suggests that Odegaard has suffered a setback in his recovery and won’t return until December, meaning he will miss several key games before the end of the year.
This is a significant blow for Arsenal, especially as they may have also lost Bukayo Saka to a fresh injury after he pulled up during England’s match against Greece last night.
Just Arsenal Opinion
We had been hopeful that we would have Odegaard back as soon as possible and this is a huge blow to our plans.
We have already managed to win some games in his absence, but it is clear that we need him back as soon as possible.
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Trossard is performing beautifully in the Odegaard role. The only injury that is worrying is Saka’s. We rely too much on Saka for our goals and we will suffer without him. JESUS needs to step up now more than ever.
Well, we all hope Jesus will “step up” as you say. He didn’t do much of that last season to be honest and has been anonymous so far this season when he’s played. It’s a big ask – although Arsenal and the fans are quite entitled to do so for his almost £14m a year salary. Fingers crossed.
The whole Arsenal squad including the substitutes have to remain +ve as we need all hands on deck and focused as a unit. We have to learn that as mu has we all would like a speedy recovery for all out injured, we just cannot rush them back so soon
You only have to ask Robby van persie about that when he played for Arsenal on one occasion whilst coming back from injury prematurely!
The whole squad at Arsenal have to believe in themselves, accept that the
situation is what it is and keep giving their all. The other +ve thing is we may well see the opportunity for the young guns to be given a chance particularly in the Caraboa cup against PNE though not so much in te premier or champions league. COYG.
If your waiting for Jesus to step up, don’t hold your breath.