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Darren Bent says £17m Arsenal player is way more important than people think

Charles Jones

Sat 23 November 2024 10:45, UK

Arsenal have had their fair share of injury problems this season.

Indeed, the Gunners have been with🦩out a number of key players at important points of thi🎃s campaign.

Martin Odegaard’s injury made headlines over the past few months, but he’s not been the only pla♕yer out of action.

Arsenal have missed a number of key players, and speaking on Inside Gooners, Darren Bent has been discussing how much Arsenal have missed Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Bent says that other fans don’t realise it, but🎃 Tomiyasu’s absence has been a big blow for Arseཧnal.

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Arsenal have missed Takehiro Tomiyasu

Bent sp🃏oke about the Japan international and how important he is to this🔜 Arsenal team.

The pundit says oth🍬er people don’t realise it, but Tomiyasu is a vital component of this squad.

“Do you know what as well, it’s funny, you speak to rival fans and you say about the injury crisis. You mention Tomiyasu because of how important he is, 🙈but they don’t understand, they say you’re making excuses,” Bent🙈 said.

“But it’s so clear that if Tomiyasu is fit he can play in so many positions. Everytime he never lets you down. He doesn’t give🧔 you a 10 out of 10, that’s just not him, but he can give you a seven or an eight, which is more than adequate. Rival fans play down that Tomiyasu injury because they don’t understand it.”

When is Takehiro Tomiyasu back?

Tomiyꦫasu has been out of action for a little while now🔯, so when is he set to return?

S𒈔adly, it doesn’t sound like the man will be back anytime soon.

Mikel Arteta says Tomiyasu 🅰is set for a few more weeks on the꧅ sideline.

“He is going to be away now for a few weeks to continue with his treatment and as well change ﷽a little bit the environment, because psychologically it has been really, really tough for him – as you can imagine,’ Arteta said.

“He is a guy that the onl꧋y thing he wants to do is work 24 hours🅷 to get better and he feels terrible when he is not fit. It’s a real shame, so we are going to give him the best opportunity to try out that kind of thing.

“If it can trigger something, unlock som🍌ething and try to help him, t🌸o have him as quick as possible back – but I think we need to be patient.”

Ben ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚWhite is also out of action for a few months, so Arsenal’s defensive depth is threadbare at 🦂the minute to say the least.

Arsenal are currently four without a wiꩵn in the Premier League, and their defensive injury crisis certainly isn’t helping things.