![[Photo] Arsenal's Martin Odegaard spotted on crutches as Doctor provides update on injury return](https://football-talk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/martin-odegaard-arsenal-2022-1000x600.jpg "[Photo] Arsenal's Martin Odegaard spotted on crutches as Doctor provides update on injury return")
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 towards 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 sector halfway by means of the second half with Norway’s supervisor admitting after the sport that the damage seemed to be a ‘unhealthy’ one.
The nationwide workforce physician Ola Sand then supplied a extra detailed replace, confirming that Odegaard has suffered a ‘small ankle sprain’. Nevertheless, extra time is required to find out the extent of the damage with the midfielder needing an ultrasound or MRI scan to verify the complete injury.
Sand is quoted as saying:
“Martin [Ødegaard] is doing fairly effectively now. He bought a small ankle sprain. We’ll see all through the night and tomorrow what occurs subsequent and what we’ll do about it. “It’s presently troublesome to say something in regards to the extent of the injury. Ankle sprains are troublesome to take care of right away, so we nearly should see how issues go ahead. “We’ll look at him once we are again on the resort. Possibly we use ultrasound to take a look at it. If we’re not sure, there will likely 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 workforce.
🛩️🇳🇴 Ødegaard, on crutches returning to England to be assessed by Arsenal workers.
Pic through @vgsporten 📸 pic.twitter.com/EAlbq2pRRg
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 10, 2024
Odegaard will likely be checked over by Arsenal’s medics when he lands in London however well-known Physician Rajpal Brar supplied an replace on the midfielders potential damage timeline.
Speaking on X, Brar claimed {that a} grade 1 ankle damage might take as much as 2 weeks to heal, whereas a extra critical Grade 3 damage might take as much as 6 weeks.
For these , just a little 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 serious 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 towards Tottenham on the New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Arsenal even have a monumental title conflict towards Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad Stadium on September twenty second in addition to essential Champions League video games towards PSG and Atalanta developing.
Dropping Odegaard for these very important video games can be an enormous blow for Arsenal and go away Arteta in need of midfield choices. Declan Rice will miss the journey to Tottenham by means of suspension whereas summer season 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 towards Spurs nevertheless it stays to be seen who will substitute 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.
