Martin Odegaard has suffered yet another injury, as Arsenal once again had their skipper walk off the pitch.
And the message from Mikel Arteta is that it’s not looking good for Odegaard.
After his superb display in midweek in the Champions League win against Olympiacos, Odegaard started against West Ham on Saturday but lasted just under 30 minutes.
Mikel Arteta and Arsenal just can’t catch a break with injuries so far this season, and that’s the third Premier League home game this season that Odegaard has had to leave in the first half with an injury.
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After being involved in a collision, the Norwegian midfielder went down holding his left knee and tried to carry on several times.
He kicked the ball out of play to receive treatment but moments later he went down again and signaled that he needed to come off. Odegaard looked dejected as he fell to the floor and held his head in his hands as he had to subbed off with Martin Zubimendi coming on in his place.
After suffering several shoulder injuries so far this season, a knee injury is the latest setback for Odegaard.
“I think it was a clash knee to knee. It’s not looking very positive at the moment,” Mikel Arteta said right after the game.
He then added the following in his press conference.
“Well I think he had a clash knee-to-knee, and immediately he was uncomfortable I just spoke to him, he’s not positive about it, he’s got a brace on, we’ll have to wait and see from the doctors, but we haven’t been very unlucky with that either,” Arteta said.
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