He dribbled pass me and Saliba successful 8times and He have so far scored 15goals in training to be honest I have never played against such a dangerously aggressive young striker like Him in my career before, I’m so happy that He’s going to lead our attack tomorrow”, Jurrien Timber reveals the ONE Arsenal Academy striker that have been terrorizing them in training so far
He dribbled pass me and Saliba successful 8times and He have so far scored 15goals in training to be honest I have never played against such a dangerously aggressive young striker like Him in my career before, I’m so happy that He’s going to lead our attack tomorrow”, Jurrien Timber reveals the ONE Arsenal Academy striker that have been terrorizing them in training so far
It’s just been one thing after another for Arsenal this season.
Just as fans were coming to terms with the news that Gabriel Martinelli would spend some time on the sidelines following the knock he picked up against Newcastle United, news broke, revealing that Kai Havertz had picked up a hamstring injury in Dubai.
The German international is now set to miss the rest of the season, meaning Mikel Arteta’s attacking options are perilously thin.
However, to help ease the blow and prevent the remaining attackers from being played into the ground, the manager could and should turn to one of the academy’s best players this term.
The latest on Arsenal’s injury crisis
While the likes of Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are still out of action, the latter for quite some time, the major crisis for Arsenal is in attack, as they are missing four of the six first-team forwards they started the campaign with.
Bukayo Saka, who has nine goals and 13 assists this season, was the first to go down, suffering a hamstring injury against Crystal Palace in late December that required surgery and is set to keep him out until mid-March at the very earliest.
A few weeks after the Hale End icon was ruled out, Gabriel Jesus suffered an ACL injury in the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United that will keep him out of action until next year.
Before his injury, the Brazilian centre-forward had racked up a reasonable haul of seven goals and two assists in 27 games.
Then, it was Martinelli, who has seven goals and four assists this season, who went down with another muscular injury, although the good news, if you can call it that, is that he should be back in action by early April at the latest.
Finally, Havertz is the latest forward to suffer from a hamstring injury and is set to miss the rest of the campaign, which is a serious problem; as for all the criticism he receives, the German is the team’s top scorer, with 15 goals and five assists to his name this season.
Altogether, Arsenal’s injured attackers have scored 38 goals and provided 24 assists so far this season, so it would be apt to describe the current situation as a crisis, one which might require Arteta to play one of the academy’s best players this season to ensure the likes of Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling aren’t overplayed and injured as well.
