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Arteta confirms double Arsenal injury blow after 1-1 draw at Chelsea
11 Nov

Arteta confirms double Arsenal injury blow after 1-1 draw at Chelsea

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Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has revealed that Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice picked up knocks during their 1-1 draw at Chelsea on Sunday. Rice was replaced by Mikel Merino early in the second half, while Gabriel Jesus came on for Saka, who limped off the pitch. When asked specifically about whether both midfielders would be able to play for England during the November international break, Arteta was not optimistic. He said: “It doesn’t look good, because for two players of that importance to tell you they cannot continue in the game, obviously it’s not good news. “They are two players…
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Arteta confirms Arsenal top player hasn’t trained ahead Chelsea clash
08 Nov

Arteta confirms Arsenal top player hasn’t trained ahead Chelsea clash

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Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has confirmed that top midfielder Declan Rice has not trained ahead of his side’s Premier League clash with Chelsea. Arsenal will face Chelsea in an away Premier League London derby at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Rice, meanwhile, sustained a foot injury in Arsenal’s Premier League defeat to Newcastle United last weekend. The England international missed Arsenal’s Champions League defeat to Inter Milan in mid-week. Speaking ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea, Arteta said about Rice: “Declan Rice has not trained yet and we still don’t know if he will be available against Chelsea.” https://youtu.be/jchjHBKU2ss
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Odegaard Ankle Injury ‘Quite Significant’ – Arteta
19 Sep

Odegaard Ankle Injury ‘Quite Significant’ – Arteta

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says captain Martin Odegaard has suffered a “quite significant” ankle ligament injury. The midfielder limped off during Norway’s Nations League win over Austria on Monday, 9 September. Odegaard had gone down in pain after hurting his left ankle following a foul by Christoph Baumgartner midway through the second half. He returned to Arsenal for an MRI scan and missed his side’s 1-0 win at Tottenham in the north London derby on Sunday. “The scan showed some damage around the ligaments in the ankle so we are going to miss him,” said Gunners boss Arteta before his…
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Arteta ready to sell Arsenal defender
08 Dec

Arteta ready to sell Arsenal defender

Evans ManassehSports,
Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior could leave the Gunners just a year after joining the Premier League club after it emerged that manager Mikel Arteta won’t block a move to AC Milan. Gazzetta dello Sport reports that AC Milan have made Kiwior ‘priority’ ahead of the January transfer window, and Arteta won’t stand in the player’s way should he express his desire to join the Serie A giant. Kiwior signed for Arsenal from Italian side Spezia last January. But with first-choice centre-backs William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes maintaining their budding partnership, the Poland international has found minutes hard to come by.…
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Arsenal boss Arteta hopeful for Tierney boost ahead of Manchester City clash
15 Oct

Arsenal boss Arteta hopeful for Tierney boost ahead of Manchester City clash

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The Gunners defender is currently having to self-isolate in Scotland due to a coronavirus scare, but discussions are ongoing to bring him to London Mikel Arteta still hopes to have Kieran Tierney available to face Manchester City on Saturday, despite the defender still being in coronavirus self-isolation in Scotland. It was announced at the start of the international break that Tierney, along with Ryan Christie, would have to endure two weeks of quarantine north of the border after being deemed to have been in "close contact" with Stuart Armstrong, who had tested positive, by the Lothian Health Protection Team Tierney,…
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Ozil to be axed? Arteta facing big decision with Arsenal needing to chop two players from 25-man squad
06 Oct

Ozil to be axed? Arteta facing big decision with Arsenal needing to chop two players from 25-man squad

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The Gunners boss will have to leave out two non-homegrown players when the club submits its final list to the Premier League Mikel Arteta is facing up to some major selection issues following the close of the summer transfer window, with two senior players set to be axed from Arsenal’s 25-man Premier League squad. Premier League rules state that clubs have until October 20 to submit their 25-man squad list - which must feature a maximum of 17, and a minimum of eight, non-homegrown players. But Arsenal’s addition of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid on Monday and, more importantly, the failure to find…
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