It seems Arsenal is done with this season. Arteta shall stop to send his players to the Internationals. This is because his players often comeback injured. Odegaard and Merino are injured. Rice is suspended for two yellow cards.
The weirdest thing is that Odegaard had knock in our last game against Brighton. I don't know why Arsenal let him go. Why aren't they stopping him from playing in useless games? Any big team would have stopped him go.
Odegaard is definitively out against Spurs. Hope he gets well soon
Injuries don't only happen in international games, but coaches always have special complaints about such cases, as Ancelotti recently expressed his displeasure over Militao's injury. Arsenal have lost several important players for the team before some very difficult games, they will soon play Tottenham, Atalanta and City, so losing players before such games is especially difficult. An ankle injury should not be very serious, I think Odegaard should be back in the game in a few weeks to a month, but he will still miss these important games.
Injuries are one of the serious problems for a team, especially when they are injured while defending the national team, but on the other hand the club cannot do much when the player is called and they are ready, and what is feared is when they return injured. It is not uncommon for there to be a feud between the club coach and the national team, because they feel disadvantaged when the player returns injured. And what is unfortunate is when there is no discussion when they are sent home, that is what finally makes the team coach upset.
Now many teams are experiencing a storm of injuries even at the beginning of the season, usually it happens in the middle of the season, but that's football, the problems that come cannot be predicted.