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Mikel Arteta left shocked after £20m Arsenal player picks up injury just before USA tour
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has broken his silence after one of his players suffered an injury.
The Gunners have 🐼flown out to the United States for their pre🍎-season tour. They will play three games stateside, with the first one set to kick off in the early hours of Thursday against Bournemouth.
The Premier League runners-up will then face Manchester United and🐎 Liverpool in what will both be huge games. It will be a great watch for the fans ahead of the start of the new season.
Arsenal supporters are looking forward to seeing their heroes in action in the coming days, but one player will ꩲdefinitely not take part🧸 due to an injury.
Mikel Arteta shares what happened to Arsenal star Takehiro Tomiyasu
Arsenal signed Takehiro Tomiyasu f🎐rom Bologna in the summer of 2021 in a £20 million deal ().
The Japan international became an instant fan favourite at the Emirates Stadium. He is adored by Arsenal supporters and he has produced ✅a few excellent performances for them as well.
However, injuries h♉ave been really cruel to ෴Tomiyasu over the years.
Since joining Arsenal i♉n 2021, the versatile defender has missed a total of 40 ꧟games for club and country due to four different injury issues.
Arteta, however, kept his faith in Tomiyasu anܫd handed him a brand new contract in March this year, but unfortunatel♏y, he has been sidelined again.
Ahe💖ad of Arsenal’s pre-season tour to the USA, Tomiyasu suffered a knee injury that has forced him to sᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtay back in North London.
Arteta, who appeꦏars shocked that the defender has suffered yet another problem, has descri🌠bed the setback as ‘unbelievable’ and confirmed that he doesn’t know how severe the injury is.
Th𒁃e Arsenal boss said, as per : “It is unbelievable because the kid works so hard. He had an incident in training this week and we don’t know yet the extent of that [knee] injury but as a precaution, we kept hi✅m [in England].
“We’ll see what happens.”
How much of a blow is Tomiyasu’s injury?
For🐈 Tomiyasu, personally, this must be a really frustrating blow.
The Japan international claimed 🅺that the last time he was sidelined, and the new injury issue must be really tough for him.
It is definitely a blow for Arsenal♏ too because Tomiyasu gives Arteta options across the baওckline – he can play in every single defensive position.
However, Arsenal are much bett�𝓀�er prepared to deal with Tomiyasu being unavailable.
🍷Jurrien Timber provides cover for Ben White at right-back, while Oleksandr Zinche♔nko and Jakub Kiwior are both still at the club on the opposite side.
Riccardo Calafiori is closin✅g in 🧔on a move to Arsenal, a▨nd he wiꦍll offer more depth to Arsenal’s backline, which is good news.
However, Arsenal may have to make a tough decision on Tomiyasu – he is a phenomenal player bu🌄t his injury issues have made him unreliable in recent years.