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So that’s it for this Interlull.
The final games involving Arsenal players took place last night. Gabriel played the full 90 in Brazil’s 4-0 win, with Gabriel Martinelli not involved – presumably because of the calf injury that had been reported earlier in the week. He does appear to have been on the bench though, but it’s too early to say if that’s reassuring or not. He’ll be assessed on his return to London Colney.
Mikel Merino started and played just over an hour in Spain’s 3-0 win over Serbia, David Raya with another clean sheet for his country in that game, while Jakub Kiwior played all of Poland’s 3-3 draw with Croatia. And that’s it. Until next month when we go through another couple of weeks without Arsenal hoping our lads will return unscathed.
It’s a late afternoon kick off on Saturday when we visit Bournemouth, so Mikel Arteta will have a bit of time to gather his troops and pick the right team to get the job done. Perhaps more than those who were away, these next few days will tell us a bit about those who didn’t go. Ben White, Jurrien Timber and Kai Havertz have all had problems of late, but of course we wait to see what the prognosis for Bukayo Saka is too – while Martin Odegaard is probably still a few weeks away.
There was a rumour of a problem for Takehiro Tomiyasu in midweek but I only saw one outlet report that, and with little or no follow up from anyone more credible, so hopefully that’s not something we have to deal with. Now, we’ll just wait and see how much information the manager is willing to share in his pre-game press conference on Friday, and take it from there.
Meanwhile, Arsenal Women are in Champions League action tonight taking on Valerenga at the Emirates. They will do so under the stewardship of Renee Slegers, after Jonas Eidevall resigned his post yesterday. To be honest, it felt inevitable after a poor start to the season saw him lose a significant portion of the fanbase, and when that happens…
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Publish date : 2024-10-16 06:38:47
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