Not exact matches
It all seems to have become too much for Ozil and having missed a number of
weeks since the turn of 2017, citing different
injuries as the reason for his
absence, you have to wonder if all these
injury concerns were genuine or not.
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.
The big story coming into this match was the
absence of Giorgio Chiellini, who sustained a calf
injury in training this
week.
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.
Origi, who came into the team a few
weeks ago following the
injury to Phil Coutinho, has excelled as a striker in the Brazilian's
absence.
Despite losing record - setting quarterback Denard Robinson to
injury a few
weeks back, junior QB Devin Gardner hasn't missed a step in Robinson's
absence.
Nacho Monreal was recalled to the Spain squad for this
weeks internationals in the
absence of Jordi Alba who missed through
injury, and enjoyed a successful outing on the left of their back - three.
In Michael Bennett's
absence (Bennett was lost for the season with an
injury suffered in practice last
week), Georgia's receiving corps failed to step up its collective game.
Sportsbooks didn't adjust their spread for this
week's game against the Rams because they were already anticipating Gronk's
absence, meaning his
injury was already built into the spread.
In the manager's usual weekly press conference — in which he also stated that Kieran Gibbs will be out injured for two to three
weeks and finally explained Abou Diaby's Manchester City
absence, an ankle
injury that will also keep him out from this weekend's game against West Ham — he looked confused when announced the state of Almunia's
injury.
Ibe is set to return to the Liverpool squad for Newcastle's visit to Anfield on Monday night following a six -
week absence with a knee
injury.