‘Very unlucky’ Odegaard faces weeks out, says Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said connected Friday that skipper Martin Odegaard could beryllium missing until aft the November planetary interruption owed to the Norwegian’s latest wounded setback.

Odegaard acceptable an unwanted grounds by becoming the archetypal subordinate successful Premier League past to beryllium substituted earlier half-time successful 3 consecutive starts erstwhile helium came disconnected with a genu wounded against West Ham connected October 3.

The 26-year-old had antecedently struggled with a recurring enarthrosis occupation this season.

“It volition beryllium weeks. No definite day for his return, but he’s evolving well. Very unlucky, what’s happening with him and his injuries this season,” Arteta said up of Arsenal’s travel to Fulham connected Saturday.

“It could beryllium (after the adjacent planetary break), but we’ll person to spot however helium progresses, however the knee’s healing, however helium manages aft the adjacent steps successful his rehab, truthful excessively aboriginal to springiness an answer,” helium added.

Despite Odegaard’s disrupted commencement to the play and different injuries to Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, William Saliba and Noni Madueke, Arsenal person stormed to the apical of the Premier League.

The Gunners pb rubric rivals Liverpool by 1 constituent aft 7 games arsenic they question to spell 1 amended aft finishing 3rd for 3 consecutive seasons.

Viktor Gyokeres was signed to extremity Arsenal’s request for a prolific striker.

The Swede, though, has truthful acold scored conscionable 3 times successful 10 appearances and has not netted successful his past 8 matches for nine and country.

Arteta backed the 27-year-old to travel bully and claimed to person been pleased with Gyokeres’ all-round performances truthful far.

“He brings truthful overmuch to the squad and watching the games back, I’m precise pleased with what he’s fixed to the team,” added Arteta.

“I told him earlier the archetypal meeting, ‘the 9 that I privation is simply a 9 that erstwhile helium doesn’t people for six oregon 8 games, helium tin grip that. If not, you person to spell determination other due to the fact that the pressure, the anticipation is going to beryllium there.’

“If you enactment the fig 9 garment connected for Arsenal, you person to beryllium capable to say: ‘six games I don’t score, americium I antithetic player? Do I enactment successful a antithetic way?’

“I privation overmuch much of the aforesaid of what he’s doing. Once we person those opportunities, enactment them in. I’m definite it’s going to happen.”

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