Though Arsenal went prime of the Premier League with victory over West Ham United, it was one other afternoon to neglect for Martin Odegaard as his damage woes continued.
Arteta admits Odegaard damage “not optimistic”
It was a season of damage woes for Arsenal as a complete final season. A lot in order that a lot of their summer time spending centred round including high quality in depth to Mikel Arteta’s squad. However while that has helped put an finish to a number of issues, Mikel Arteta nonetheless has one main Odegaard concern after the Norwegian left the pitch injured for a third-consecutive sport on Saturday afternoon.
It seemed as if Arsenal’s summer time spending was all coming collectively in opposition to West Ham. Odegaard, Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka and Viktor Gyokeres all shared the stage and any issues that Arteta hadn’t let go of the handbrake appeared destined to finish earlier than Odegaard’s damage spoiled the get together.
Arteta, as pissed off as anybody, supplied an replace on the midfielder in his post-match response – saying: “With Martin it was a conflict, knee to knee. It’s not wanting very optimistic for the time being. Instantly he was uncomfortable. I simply spoke to him, he’s not optimistic about it, he’s acquired a brace on, we’ll have to attend and see from the medical doctors.”
Arsenal shared an replace on Odegaard on Sunday, revealing he has sustained ‘a medial collateral ligament damage to his left knee’ and has withdrew from worldwide responsibility with Norway.
The massive query might be simply how lengthy Odegaard misses. He is already been pressured to sit down out of three video games in all competitions and an damage skilled has now revealed the worst-case situation for the Arsenal captain following one other setback.
Damage skilled reveals worst-case Odegaard situation
Reacting to the damage, damage skilled Physio Scout took to X to disclose Odegaard might miss as much as six weeks of motion with a Grade 2 MCL damage, believing a Grade 3 is unlikely.
The damage skilled mentioned: Martin Odegaard UPDATE: Arsenal’s captain has been dominated out of Norway’s upcoming fixtures after sustaining an MCL damage. As famous in our earlier evaluation, a valgus stress or direct impression to his knee probably positioned extreme load on the medial collateral ligament, resulting in the present situation.
Anticipated Restoration Occasions: Grade 1: 1–3 weeks, Grade 2: 3-6 weeks, Grade 3: 6-10 weeks+.
A Grade 3 damage seems unlikely right here; a Grade 1 or 2 sprain appears extra believable.
Ought to Odegaard miss six weeks of motion, he would miss seven video games up till the subsequent November worldwide break, together with Champions League fixtures in opposition to Atletico Madrid.
Video games Odegaard might miss if he is out for six weeks | Date |
|---|---|
Fulham vs Arsenal | October 18 |
Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid | October 21 |
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace | October 26 |
Arsenal vs Brighton | October 29 |
Burnley vs Arsenal | November 1 |
Slavia Praha vs Arsenal | November 4 |
Sunderland vs Arsenal | November 8 |
Not a perfect scenario, however Arteta and Arsenal have proven they’ve the squad to manage.
