Mikel Arteta: Arsenal Boss says that “accidents waiting for them to happen” due to the work load of players | Football news
Mikel Arththa said that long -term injuries were “an accident waiting to happen” due to dealing with work players after Kai Havertz joined Arsenal’s long -lasting list of absent this week.
German striker Havertz is off until the end of the season After being confirmed on Thursday, he will need an surgery to repair the knee injury he suffered during the training of the Arsenal camp in Dubai last week.
Havertz’s injury, sustained when he stretched to block a shot, means that the artillerymen are now without a recognized striker after Gabriel Jesus crashed his ACL last month and left Arthom with many older players in the treatment room.
Like Havertz and Jesus, Arsenal will miss Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Takehiro Tomiyas on Saturday’s trip to the Premier League in Leicester. Gunners have also been without Ben White since November because of his knee problems, but the defender could be a return this weekend.
“We had a great camp in Dubai and then the injury happened in an unexpected way and this is a big blow due to the injuries we have,” Arteta said on Friday.
“We had players who were injured who played 130 games in the last two seasons, so the accident that waits for it happens when continuing to load, load and load.
“The intensity is on a different level, and the requirements in terms of minutes in this competitive environment are getting higher and higher and this is a consequence. The amount of muscle injuries and tendons is greater than ever, so there is a relationship.
“We are very limited and we train less than ever. There is no time to train.
“The biggest problem is that you do not train your muscles, the muscle is underrated, and then you expose the muscle and the tendon of exposure that it cannot absorb because the tendon has 72 hours to recover.”
Arteta ready to challenge dealing without Havertza
Despite the crisis of the injury of his part in the attack, Artete caused her team to be worn in the absence of her leading shooter this season.
Arteta added: “We played without Saliba, without Ben White all season, Tomiyas all season, Calafiori for two months, Merino two months, Martin Odegaard for two months, Bukayo Saka three months, Gabriel Jesus … All of them.
“It’s the challenge I had. I love him and look forward to because we are where we are still, with all the things I mentioned, with the top of playing four times with 10 men.
“Let’s see what the team is composed of.”
‘Nwaneri has the correct features to play as a striker’
Arsenal will have to look like Raheem Sterling, Ethan Nwnerri and Leandro Trossard to ask for their absent teammates in the attack while smokers seek to retain hope in the premier League title.
Despite the fact that his preferred forward line was available, Arththa insists that he has quality opportunities at his disposal-to-add 17-year-old Nwaneri, for which the Spaniard says he can play numerous positions.
“The question is when. There are real qualities, play wide or central. We have to adapt to the forces of our players,” Arteta said of a teenager.
“We will have to adapt and it brings another opportunity. We have unpredictable players in One-VS-O-ons, who are creative and sharp, and this will cause a headache opposition.”
‘The next few weeks critically in the title race’
After the league leaders Liverpool accepted the Last minute James Tarkowski equalizing on Wednesday at the Merseyside derby against Everton, runner -up Arsenal was sitting seven points from the top.
Former Toffees midfielder Arteta believes that the next block of the knot will be crucial in terms of the way the table shapes up at the end of the season.
“When the gap becomes shorter when it is not expected, then it is really positive and can create momentum,” he said.
“The next few weeks is crucial, we have to see where we are after the international break for six or seven weeks.”
Arsenal injuries in number
Arsenal is not the only team that has suffered injury problems this season. In fact, they are currently in the middle of the Premier League table for injuries.
They will not get a lot of compassion from a rival in northern London Tottenham about their current state.
But the severity of the injury allocates arsenal from most. Their players missed almost 650 days due to injury – and count – which is significantly above the premier league average and the fifth is the highest among top clubs.
It is also a kind of player who is missing Arsenal, and most of the injured players attacked opportunities. Saka, Havertz and Martinelli have been out for a while – this is probably their front three first choices.
And there are some tickling games for Arsenal on the horizon. He will hope that he will win victories against Leicester and West Ham later this month – but there are matches with Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Chelsea.
Analysis: Where is Arsenal now going now?
Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz:
These were Arsenal fans of the Arsenal fans who were afraid after their bargaining transfer in January. A week after the market closure where smokers failed to strengthen their forward line, Arsenal lost the only attacker option to which they counted until the end of the season.
If Arsenal’s task is to close Liverpool heavy, it’s even harder now. Since Arne Slot, Mohamed Salah, formed the most player in Europe, Cody Gakpo appeared in great moments, plus Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez in the wings – Gunners ran out of weapons.
Where is Arsenal going now? In terms of adding, the artillery could enter the free transfer market to see if there are short -term capabilities. But, in truth, if Arsenal failed to act when the market was open, will it really get into a panic mode with a closed window?
The most likely option is to deal with what they have – and these are lean options. Not only do Arsenal have their two first choices in the center of the season, but only three players have fits into their team in Leandro Trossard, Ethan Nwaneri and the attacker on Chelsea Sterling.
All three candidates are to play in advance in the next game against Leicester on Saturday. Trossard played as no. 9 In the Victory of the Champions League over Girona, while Artea marked the role number 9 in the future as a potential position for NWANERA in the future, ourselves, the best release of the 17-year-old went out to Siroki.
Sterling is also an option by playing the last few minutes of victory 5-1 over Man City in that position, plus that has a history of crossing in a central role with England.
But the real place of Arsenal moves towards regret. How did they end up in this scenario? Their activity will be under surveillance in January, but it can also return to the sale of Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe Plus Lobs of Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson.
All four should now be on this team of Arsenal. All of the above reasons left their first choice of front three with too much. All three are now injured.
