Why Martin Odegaard misses Arsenal’s game against Wolves
Arsenal were without skipper Martin Odegaard for Saturday’s Premier League game against Wolves.
The Norway international had หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ score on each of his last two visits to. Molineux, but the Gunners were force to cope without their main playmaker against the relegation strugglers.
Odegaard playe the full 90 minutes against Dinamo Zagreb in midweek and score his side’s third goal, his first from open play this season.
The 26-year-old misse the trip to the Black Country, however, due to sickness as Mikel Arteta was force into yet another change.
Arsenal were also minus the services of summer signing Mikel Merino but there were welcome returns for William Saliba and Ethan Nwaneri.
‘Martin was ill this morning and we had to send him back – he was nowhere near fit to play,’ Arteta confirmed shortly before kick-off.
‘Mikel [Merino] as well, because he got a knock and couldn’t make it yesterday for training.’
The France international defender had missed two games with the hamstring injury he picked up during the closing stages of the north London derby earlier this month.
Saliba partnere Gabriel at the heart of Arsenal’s defence with the Brazilian wearing the armband in Odegaard’s absence.
Nwaneri’s return represented an equally welcome boost given the 17-year-old had begun to make a decent fist of deputising for Bukayo Saka before he sustained a muscle injury against Brighton last month.
Myles Lewis-Skelly, meanwhile, started at left-back after scans revealed there was no last damage to his knee after he missed the Champions League win over Dinamo.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, therefore, was relegate to the bench amid speculation he could move to Borussia Dortmund before the transfer deadline.
For Wolves, meanwhile, Matheus Cunha started despite the conjecture about his own future.
Arsenal are among a number of clubs said to be monitoring his situation but Wolves boss. Vitor Pereira insiste at his pre-match press conference that he has no intention of selling the former Atletico Madrid forward.
Asked if there had been any bids for the Brazilian, Pereira told a press conference on Friday: ‘I don’t know, he’s my player and he’s not for sale. He’s committe to us.
‘He’s never asked to leave the club, he wants to help the team, he wants to be with us.’