Mikel Merino suffered an injury during his first Arsenal training session, which means he will miss several games at the start of his Arsenal career.
The midfielder joined Arsenal late in the transfer window, even though the Gunners had been pursuing a move for him long before the final weeks of the window.
Arsenal was delighted to have finally secured their man, and he had hoped to be in their squad for the last game against Brighton.
While it might have been too soon for him to earn a starting spot, he probably could have made the bench for the Gunners.
However, Mikel Arteta revealed before the game that Merino had suffered an injury during his first session with the group.
The midfielder is now focused on ensuring he returns soon. However, according to The Sun, some Arsenal fans recently asked him when he would be fit to make his debut for the club, and he admitted that he did not know.
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Merino’s injury has come at the wrong time, but the midfielder has more than enough time to recover, and we will allow him to be fully fit before he is involved in any game for us.
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The Daily Mail is reporting that it is hoped that he will be recovered from his fractured shoulder enough to be available after the October Int’l break.
I don’t know who the bird is sitting beside him but his expression tells me he may already be in the dog house, lol.
Let’s hope he can get over this unfortunate (to put it mildly) start to his Arsenal career quickly. It must be quite a blow psychologically to go from the high of signing for a new club and everything that goes with that to barely kicking your first ball in training before you’re sidelined with an injury and have to start over again in however many weeks/months. Nothing like Timber’s experience of course, but nevertheless…
My word, it’s like Jurin Timber all over again, if Arsenal can remain in striking distance until the Spaniard returns, he could very well have a hand in when it matters most.
Hopefully not quite Timber MkII, but very unfortunate. Someone said a possible return after mid-October was reported, but we’ll see.