Injuries are a curse at this club and just when Arsenal get over one crisis it seems another one crops up behind us. It is incredibly frustrating but one of the key strategies to tackle these that the Gunners have lacked in recent seasons is strength in depth.
Not only depth but quality. Whilst Arsenal might have had players who could deputise in certain roles, their questionable quality often led to poor performances for the team and subsequent defeats.
Martin Odegaard’s potential absence for the trip to Manchester United throws up yet another unwanted problem Mikel Arteta now needs to solve. The Arsenal manager was not reassuring of the Norwegian’s prospects only going as far as to say he was yet to train with less then two days until the side travel.
