Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has confirmed Martin Odegaard shall be sidelined for ‘some time’ following scans on his ankle damage.

Odegaard went down on worldwide responsibility and the Norway workforce physician initially revealed it might take at the very least three weeks for the Gunners captain to get better, with that timeline solely prone to improve if extra in-depth scans revealed additional injury.

Whereas Arteta stopped in need of placing a concrete timeframe on Odegaard’s restoration, he admitted he doesn’t anticipate to see his captain for the foreseeable future.

“After the whole lot was scanned, the scan confirmed he has acquired some injury, particularly on one of many ligaments within the ankle,” mentioned Arteta. “We’re going to miss him.

“I do not wish to [give a timeline] as a result of I’m not a physician however sure, it’s one thing fairly vital so we’re going to lose him for some time. Hopefully not months, however let’s have a look at.”

Odegaard has missed simply 5 Premier League video games since becoming a member of Arsenal three years in the past however will now double that tally on the very least, and Arteta warned his facet they need to adapt to life with out the 25-year-old rapidly.

“He’s our captain, he’s one in every of our greatest gamers indisputably,” Arteta defined. “He has been one of the crucial constant gamers within the final two or three seasons.

“Our id could be very associated to his means of enjoying and his means of behaving. We’re going to must take care of that. That could be a nice take a look at for the workforce as effectively, of how succesful we’re to point out possibly a special face and the actual fact now we have different gamers and different choices that may nonetheless be very efficient.”

Arsenal journey to face Atalanta of their Champions League opener on Thursday, earlier than returning to Premier League motion with an enormous sport away at Manchester Metropolis on Sunday. Paris Saint-Germain, Inter, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Chelsea are all on the schedule over the following six weeks.

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