Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has mentioned Martin Ødegaard‘s ankle harm will preserve him sidelined till after the October worldwide break.
Ødegaard suffered the issue on Sept. 9 throughout Norway’s UEFA Nations League win over Austria with nationwide staff physician Ola Sand subsequently ruling the midfielder out for 3 weeks. Nonetheless, Arteta has been a lot cagier in his evaluation of Ødegaard’s availability till talking on Tuesday forward of the membership’s Carabao Cup third-round conflict with Bolton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium.
“I feel will probably be a matter of weeks,” Arteta mentioned concerning a timeframe for Ødegaard’s absence. “How lengthy precisely, I can not inform you. We would get a shock however I feel it is unlikely [he returns before the international break].”
That might imply Arsenal having to manage with out their captain for video games in opposition to Bolton, Leicester Metropolis, Paris Saint-Germain and Southampton. Their first match after the worldwide hiatus is at Bournemouth on Oct. 19.
Ben White can be managing an unspecified health difficulty whereas Arteta confirmed Oleksandr Zinchenko [calf] might be dominated out for “just a few weeks.” Mikel Merino can be unavailable after fracturing his shoulder, together with knee-injury sufferer Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Gabriel Martinelli, Jurriën Timber, Riccardo Calafiori and David Raya are all doubts to face Bolton and with back-up goalkeeper Neto cup-tied, Arsenal may must name upon 16-year-old Jack Porter to start out on Wednesday night time.
“Let’s have a look at how they’re at present and we’ll attempt to make a name on that, if we consider that may be a risk,” Arteta mentioned.
Requested whether or not he would rotate closely with 10 adjustments much like different huge groups within the competitors, Arteta mentioned: “In the mean time we will not as a result of we do not have one other 10 gamers out there.”
