After Timber Was Seriously Injured, Mikel Arteta Opened The Door For New Players At Arsenal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. (Photo: Twitter @Arsenal)

JAKARTA - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has made it possible to return to the transfer market this summer. That's because Arsenal will be without Jurrien Timber who suffered a knee injury against Nottingham Forest for a long time.

Timber tertitih-tatih keluar dari kemenangan 2-1 Liga Premier hari Sabtu atas Forest pada hari Sabtu. Club mengonfirmasi pada hari Rabu, sang pemain menderita kerusakan ligamen.

Timber will undergo surgery as a measure to recover the injury. Arteta emphasized that conditions like this at the start of the season were "big concern".

"A big blow. Especially for him after just joining the club. Having the injury he had was a big blow," said Arteta.

"This is also a crushing blow to the team because we recruited him with clear intentions and what he brought to the team has been proven and he will not be able to do it this season for us. We have to adapt. Unfortunately, these things happen and we have to continue," he continued.

Arsenal actually still has Kieran Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko. However, the last name is also struggling to recover from injury.

Meanwhile, Tierney will reportedly leave the Emirates Stadium this season. For this reason, Arteta stated that Arsenal could return to the stock exchange.

"We don't plan with this injury. We have to assess the choice, what the best players we have because, as I said, my challenge is to get the best of the players we have," said the former Pep Guardiola assistant.

"We are always open and we also have to be open to reacting if something happens, not only with injuries but also if something happens in the market. That's what we're doing," continued Arteta.