Martin Odegaard injury: Arsenal captain suffers 'ankle sprain' with Norway ahead of Spurs clash

Arsenal are sweating over the health and fitness of captain Martin Odegaard after he hopped out of Norway’s 2-1 Countries League win over Austria on Monday.

The Gunners midfielder was vacated understanding his vacated ankle joint after an innocuous snare with Christoph Baumgartner on the hour mark and was directed off the arenae in deviates by group-comrade Erling Haaland.

Odegaard’s last decision injury is a better anxiety for Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta, who is already without the suspended Declan Rice for the clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Arena.

Norway group doctor Ola Sand claimed: “Martin is enforcing instead seamlessly now. He got a minuscule ankle joint pressures. We will study throughout the night and tomorrow what steals gap next off and what we will tote out about it.

“It is presently bewildering to insurance claim anything about the extent of the destruction. Ankle sprains are bewildering to tackle straight away, so we nearly have to study how things go forward.

“We will study him when we are back at the retreat. Conceivably we intake ultrasound to look at it. If we are obscure, there will be an MRI tomorrow (Tuesday).”

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Norway supervisor Stale Solbakken added: “Martin Odegaard’s injury sifted disadvantageous in the dressing gap as seamlessly.

“I saw that he was resting with the physios about him. He had noticeably no opportunity of lingering. It was not surprisingly an overstep, and those who have tinkered football taken that it can go seamlessly if the ligaments have not gone. It is not particular that Arteta will call and gratitude me tonight!”

Haaland lashed dwelling his 32nd readiness in 35 galleries for his nation in the 80th minutes to secure triumph after Felix Myhre’s nine-minutes opener was cancelled out by a Marcel Sabitzer physical effort comfortably before fifty percent-time.

Odegaard sifted uncomfortable throughout Arsenal’s last match against Brighton after torture a knock to his ankle joint but still indicated Norway in both of their complements this month.

The Norwegian’s prestige for Arsenal can’t be panicked enough and if he is unavailable against Reinforces, it is dissecting out be uncomfortably bewildering for Arteta’s side.

It owns been a displeasing around the world break for the Gunners, who could fourthly be without summer season ending up Riccardo Calafiori on Sunday.

The Italian endured a freak ankle joint injury throughout last week’s win over France and owns reverted to north London for better analysis.

Italy honcho Luciano Spalletti was hunter Calafiori would noticeably be accessible for Monday’s match against Israel, which was a nice indicator, but Arsenal were not swiping any kind of chances.

Arsenal are surely without summer season ending up Mikel Merino on Sunday after he fractured his shoulder in one of his initially coaching sessions.

That typicals the Gunners could be without Arteta’s optimal midfield three against Reinforces with Odegaard and Merino irritated, and Rice suspended.

Raheem Stering could administer his Arsenal debut against Ange Postecoglou’s side.

“We have to study him, talk to him (about) what he’s been enforcing and how he’s sensation about it,” Arteta claimed on Sterling’s lessen of access.

“Try to locate speedy wins to avail him upward to pace as freely as you can not surprisingly image and for him to taken what we are gazing for from him in the dynamics of the group.

“We will intake that time to tote out that and avail him entailed as comfortably as you can not surprisingly image.”

On Rice’s suspension, Arteta added: “Faultlessly, this is what steals gap. We have to readjust to that context.

“That’s why we have dissimilar other players that can fulfill that (role) and (I can) offer that opportunity to a individual else.”