After sustaining what looked a serious ankle injury, Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has further increased the injury problems at the club.
Odegaard and Norway got the better of Austria 2-1 in the Nations League thanks to a late winner from Erling Haaland.
However, the 25-year-old left the turf after several minutes of attention in the second half following a clash with Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner, and head coach Stale Solbakken admitted it did not look pleasing.
“Martin Odegaard’s injury looked bad in the dressing room as well I saw he was sitting with the physiotherapists around him but he had no chance to continue and we know it was an ankle sprain,” the coach spoke to Norwegian TV 2.
“Yes it’s a sprain, and as those of us who had played football know, with luck it can turn out ok if the ligaments aren’t torn.”
Norway’s doctor Ola Sand added that the 25-year-old was doing well, but that an MRI could be carried out.
“Martin is doing quite well now. He got a small ankle sprain. We will see throughout the evening and tomorrow what happens next and what we will do about it.
“Ankle sprains are difficult to deal with straight away, so we almost have to see how things go forward. We will examine him when we are back at the hotel. Maybe we use ultrasound to look at it. If we are unsure, there will be an MRI tomorrow,” Sand said.
If the injury proves to be serious, Odegaard will miss a key number of games for Arsenal with the next three being against Tottenham Hotspur, Atalanta and Manchester City.
