- Odegaard suffered an ankle blow with Norway days earlier than Arsenal’s Spurs conflict
- Mikel Arteta is confronted with a rising catalogue of accidents forward of massive video games
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Arsenal have been dealt a doubtlessly cataclysmic blow simply six days earlier than their derby in opposition to Tottenham as Martin Odegaard was injured on Norway responsibility.
The playmaker suffered an ankle harm after a slide sort out from Christoph Baumgartner and was taken off 67 minutes into Norway’s 2-1 Nations League win over Austria on Monday night time.
He gave the impression to be in agony as he rolled on the ground and needed to be aided by a physio on both facet as he limped off, wincing in ache and preventing again tears.
Manchester Metropolis star Erling Haaland, who scored an Eightieth-minute winner, was among the many team-mates to console Odegaard by patting him on the again as he hobbled away.
‘Martin Odegaard’s harm regarded dangerous within the dressing room,’ stated Norway head coach Stale Solbakken.
Martin Odegaard was taken off with an ankle harm on Norway responsibility in a blow for Arsenal
The midfielder gave the impression to be in agony after a slide sort out from Christoph Baumgartner
Erling Haaland was among the many gamers to console Odegaard, who in tears
Nationwide workforce physician Ola Sand instructed TV2: ‘He received a small ankle sprain. We are going to see, possibly we use ultrasound to have a look at it.’
‘If we’re uncertain, there can be an MRI tomorrow.’
Relying on the severity of the harm, it may go away Mikel Arteta with an enormous midfield headache.
Declan Rice is suspended for the conflict after his controversial pink card in opposition to Brighton whereas £33million summer time signing Mikel Merino can be injured.
Merino suffered a fractured shoulder in his first coaching session, which means Arteta might be left with Thomas Partey and Jorginho to start out in midfield in opposition to Spurs.
A wider harm disaster is taking form for the Gunners, who’re additionally bemoaning the freak harm of £42m man Riccardo Calafiori.
The left-back has left Italy’s worldwide camp after sustaining an ankle blow when Ousmane Dembele by chance studded him after a problem from Alessandro Bastoni.
Arsenal sit fourth within the desk after two wins and a draw whereas Tottenham have 4 factors after their three matches.
Mikel Arteta is dealing with a mountain challenge after blows to Mikel Merino and Riccardo Calafiori
Norway went on to win the match 2-1 however there have been large issues for Odegaard
Past Spurs, they face a visit to Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League, host Atalanta within the Champions League, and encounter Bolton Wanderers within the EFL Cup.
After two seasons of developing brief to Metropolis within the league, an early-season harm emergency is the very last thing Arteta wanted.
‘FFS he is fully rolled his ankle, that regarded painful,’ wrote one fan on X, previously Twitter.
‘Merino, Rice, now Odegaard. Centre mids gonna be Partey & Jorginho for the NLD,’ one other predicted.
‘Our season would possibly properly be over,’ one other stated. ‘Merino, Rice, and now Odegaard. We’re f****d.’
‘We’re completed,’ stated one.
