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Simon Collings

Mikel Arteta admits injuries to Jurrien Timber and Thomas Partey have been 'huge blow' to Arsenal

Mikel Arteta has lamented the losses of Jurrien Timber and Thomas Partey to injury, with the pair’s absences making it harder for Arsenal to be “unpredictable” in the way they play.

Timber was signed in the summer for £38.5million from Ajax and impressed in pre-season before injuring his knee in the opening Premier League game of the campaign.

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