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Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has been injured and would be out “for a while” with an ankle injury he had suffered on international duty with Norway, manager Mikel Arteta had reported on Wednesday.
Odegaard twisted his ankle in Norway’s Nations League match against Austria earlier this month.
His national team doctor had suggested he would be sidelined for a “minimum of three weeks”.
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“After everything was scanned, they showed that there was some damage, especially in one of the ligaments in the ankle so we’re going to miss him,” Arteta told reporters ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League opener against Atalanta on Thursday.
“I don’t want to (put a timeframe on it) because I am not a doctor but it is something quite significant so we’re going to lose him for a while — hopefully not months, but let’s see.”
Arsenal, Premier League runners-up last season, visit reigning champions Manchester City on Sunday.
The Gunners beat local rivals Tottenham 1-0 last weekend to sit second in the early Premier League table, two points behind Man City.
In another news, Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman has been listed in the Serie A Team of the Week as has been reported by The Eastern Updates.
Lookman who was the star of the show in La Dea’s hard-fought 3-2 victory over Fiorentina at the Gewiss Stadium on Sunday would have been said to have deserved the list.
The 26-year-old registered one goal and one assist in the game.
The former Leicester City player was also named Man of the Match.
The goal was Lookman’s first in the Italian top flight this season.
He will be in action again when Atalanta entertain Arsenal in a UEFA Champions League clash on Thursday.
