Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has been noticed in crutches boarding a personal jet as he prepares to fly again to London to have his damage assessed forward of Sunday’s large conflict in opposition to Tottenham.
Odegaard went left on the bottom in extreme ache following a problem from behind by Christoph Baumgartner throughout Norway’s 2-1 win over Austria on Monday evening.
The Arsenal skipper was in tears as he hobbled off the sphere halfway via the second half with Norway’s supervisor admitting after the sport that the damage seemed to be a ‘unhealthy’ one.
The nationwide staff physician Ola Sand then offered a extra detailed replace, confirming that Odegaard has suffered a ‘small ankle sprain’. Nonetheless, extra time is required to find out the extent of the damage with the midfielder needing an ultrasound or MRI scan to substantiate the complete harm.
Sand is quoted as saying:
“Martin [Ødegaard] is doing fairly nicely now. He received a small ankle sprain. We’ll see all through the night and tomorrow what occurs subsequent and what we are going to do about it. “It’s at present troublesome to say something in regards to the extent of the harm. Ankle sprains are troublesome to take care of immediately, so we virtually need to see how issues go ahead. “We’ll look at him after we are again on the lodge. Perhaps we use ultrasound to have a look at it. If we’re uncertain, there shall be an MRI tomorrow (Tuesday).”
Crutches
Odegaard has now been noticed on crutches boarding a personal jet as he flies again to the UK to have his damage additional assessed by Arsenal’s medical staff.
🛩️🇳🇴 Ødegaard, on crutches returning to England to be assessed by Arsenal employees.
Pic through @vgsporten 📸 pic.twitter.com/EAlbq2pRRg
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 10, 2024
Odegaard shall be checked over by Arsenal’s medics when he lands in London however well-known Physician Rajpal Brar offered an replace on the midfielders potential damage timeline.
Speaking on X, Brar claimed {that a} grade 1 ankle damage may take as much as 2 weeks to heal, whereas a extra critical Grade 3 damage may take as much as 6 weeks.
For these , a bit extra depth on Ødegaard’s ankle damage#arsenal pic.twitter.com/dIZp0WJhpJ
— Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT (@3cbPerformance) September 9, 2024
Gunners boss Mikel Arteta will now be praying for excellent news as it could be a significant blow for Arsenal in the event that they had been to lose Odegaard at such an essential a part of the season.
The attacking midfielder is now anticipated to overlook Sunday’s large North London Derby in opposition to Tottenham on the New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Arsenal even have a monumental title conflict in opposition to Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad Stadium on September twenty second in addition to essential Champions League video games in opposition to PSG and Atalanta arising.
Shedding Odegaard for these important video games could be an enormous blow for Arsenal and go away Arteta wanting midfield choices. Declan Rice will miss the journey to Tottenham via suspension whereas summer time signing Mikel Merino has been dominated out till late October after fracturing his shoulder throughout his first coaching session with the membership.
Thomas Partey and Jorginho are anticipated to start out in opposition to Spurs nevertheless it stays to be seen who will change Odegaard within the artistic midfield position.
Arsenal are additionally sweating over the health of Riccardo Calafiori after he picked up an damage enjoying for Italy final week whereas Gabriel Jesus can also be a doubt having missed the final two video games with a groin damage.
