Arsenal have already confirmed this week that Carl Jenkinson has returned from his long
term injury absence and is now ready to fight for his place in the team.
Not exact matches
Mikel Arteta will be out for the long -
term, and his ongoing
absence has been accepted by manager Arsene Wenger, who is well aware of his captain's struggles with
injury.
At the minute the prime target is surely an experienced centre back to cope with the long
term absences through
injury of Per Mertesacker and Gabriel and the Arsenal transfer rumours this week have been telling us that the deal for top target Shkodran Mustafi has been held up by our refusal to meet the price of his Spanish club Valencia.
You have to accept that these
injury problems do not help, though, so it was a bit of a downer for Arsene Wenger to have to start the season already struggling to cope with a defensive crisis and fitness issues for the likes of Giroud, on top of the long
term absence of Danny Welbeck up front.
The Brazilian featured in 19 Premier League matches last
term, with most of those coming because of
injury absences, and he now finds himself with a large number of rivals for a starting place.
Walnut's exit and how he snub AW, KOS mysteriously injured decides not to come back on the second half, that adding to Ozil's long
absence coincidentally got well in time for the International break, Bellorin lack of performance is abysmal from wonderkid to what he has become is shocking, Lucas long
term injury seems to me another story.....
It makes you ask the question once again — why so many
injuries and long
term absences.
«Vermaelen's [
injury] should be short -
term and has a chance to play on Wednesday night,» said Arsene Wenger days after the Belgian had his blow, and it brought to mind the long
absence of Tomas Rosicky before him.
In the
absence of Lionel Messi from the FC Barcelona side through
injury, other players have had to step up, and Alexis Sanchez has shaken off an underwhelming start to his Camp Nou career to showcase his best form this
term.
Wilshere has been impressive since returning from
injury this
term, and I agree that Wenger must take his time in bringing him back into the fold, but does his character give our team something strongly lacking in his
absence?
We will have to wait and see what the extent of the
injury is to the Brazilian, but with Mertesacker already out for the long
term, as well as Koscielny's
absence, will this latest
injury finally force Wenger to make a move in the market?
Having only returned from a long -
term foot
injury in January, Carroll has kept himself fit during his enforced
absence, most notably during an extended warm - weather training visit to Dubai.
The United graduate has primarily featured on the left side of the attack this
term, but he showed his versatility during the tail - end of last season, where he played as the lone striker in Zlatan Ibrahimovic's
absence through
injury.
With
absences due to international duty,
injury and just plain rotation, the Seattle Sounders signed nine players to short -
term contracts for Tuesday night's (7:30 PM, YouTube) US Open Cup match against the Portland Timbers.
That's regardless of the loss of John Terry's leadership plus David Luiz» long -
term absence via
injury.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is already without Olivier Giroud and Mathieu Debuchy due to long -
term injuries, while the
absence of central defender Laurent Koscielny with tendinitis has also been a big blow for the team.
Entitlement to some payment of wages during work
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term of the contract of employment.
According to the CDA, the most common causes of long -
term disabilities are back
injuries, cancer, and heart disease, and the average
absence lasts just over two years.
If you have an extended work
absence due to an
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