Arsenal women returned to pre-season training this week ahead of their upcoming USA tour, which begins next week. Looking at the images from the Gunner women’s training, it was fantastic to see Lia Walti.
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Lia Walti’s return to Arsenal training this week was a significant boost for the team as they prepare for a busy few weeks, including a trip to the USA, the Champions League qualifiers, and the start of the new WSL season. After suffering an injury in March, Walti, a regular in Jonas Eidevall’s lineup, missed the final eight games of our women’s 2023–24 season. We greatly missed her, but now she’s back.
According to her latest Instagram post, she is thrilled to be back on the pitch, but she admits her most recent injury rehabilitation process was not easy, saying, “It’s nice to smell the fresh grass again! But I am a big believer in transparency, so let’s be real; it has been a tough road so far!”
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Back fit, we hope she keeps her fitness. Victoria Pelova will be absent for some time after suffering an ACL injury on international duty with the Dutch post-season, so Jonas Eidevall needs all of his other midfielders to be fit if his team is to finally go for glory next season.
Happy to see Wally back Gooners?
Michelle M
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Lia s return is so valuable to our team, her experience and skills gives order to our defence (just watch her telling players where to pass ) and opportunity to our forwards, it is said she never loses the ball, but imho, she should also never lose our respect
Great she’s back but we’re still lacking in midfield. We only have walti and little with the skill and experience. The rest of out midfield are lacking. We need a top quality midfielder that’s not Scandinavian and cheap. Get out the cheque book or we’ll win nothing.