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Mikel Arteta admits £20m Arsenal player’s injury has been worse than he thought
Amid the good news of Thomas Partey returning for Arsenal this weekend, Mikel Arteta has also provided news of an injury set-back.
Arsenal travel to Sheffield United on Monday with a strong squad, buoyed by the fitness of Gabriel Jesus too.
Je♐sus is thought to be ready to start the game, a selection dilemma that has rarely landed Arteta’s way this season.
And with Thomas Partey also now available♛, Arsenal will have a strong bench one way or another.
Of course, with the ‘business end’ of th🏅e season approaching, these boosts will be inc🔥redibly welcome.
Arsenal’s second leg against Porto is scheduled for March 12, and Arteta would love to have a full complement🍌 of playersꦰ available.
And to that end, it has felt as if Takehiro Tomiyasu has been close to a return for some games now, onl🔯y to not be involved.
And when speaking at his press conference today, Arteta confirmed that the Arsenal defender has suffered something of an injury sꦅet-bac🐻k.
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu struggled during recovery from recent injury
Arteta, who was speaking via journalist ꦬ who shared his words on X, said Arsenal didn’t want to take a risk with the defender’s injury.
The💎 manager said: “He had an injury in the last gam🐻e for Japan. He was out.
“We expected it to be a litt♐le bit shorter but he struggl♛ed in the recovery so we extended that period to be more certain.
“We didn’t want to risk losing him for months.”
And when asked🧔 about Tomiyasu’s availability ahead of Monday’s game, Arteta said iꦬt was a possibility, but time will tell.
Of course, Arsenal fans will surely be very pleased with this precaution Arteta is showing with the injury, give༺n how important Tomiyasu could be in the coming months.
The will be needed at left-back once again to dovetail with Oleksandr Zinchenko – even if Jakub Kiwior is doing a stellar job right now.
All that being said, one former Arsenal player has now been sharing whꦇat Martin Odegaard is really like as a captain.