Arsenal: Martin Odegaard reveals why it is 'tricky' to set comeback date amid fresh injury update

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·21. Oktober 2025

Arsenal: Martin Odegaard reveals why it is 'tricky' to set comeback date amid fresh injury update

Gunners captain is set to miss a fourth game in a row for club and country

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Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard says he is recovering well from his knee injury - but it is “tricky” to set a comeback date.

Odegaard injured his knee at the start of this month during Arsenal’s 2-0 win over West Ham.

The midfielder has been out of action ever since, missing Norway’s games over the recent international break.

Odegaard was also absent for Arsenal’s win against Fulham last weekend, and is unsure when he will return.

“I’ve been back for a week now [from international duty] and working every day to keep my fitness up as well as trying to heal the injury, so it’s busy days at the moment,” Odegaard told Arsenal’s website.

“It’s hard work and long days in recovery, but that’s what you want and I feel like it’s going well so far.

“I feel like I’ve been really unlucky a few times this season. It was a knee-to-knee contact in the West Ham game, and at the time I didn’t know if it was bad or not because they can be quite painful, but normally you can run it off.

“So that’s why I tried to keep going, to see if it was getting better. I was hoping it was just a knock that would improve in a couple of minutes.

“But it didn’t get better and I felt like something was wrong, so in the end it was better to come off.

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“As soon as we got inside, the medical team had a proper look at it. When the adrenaline stopped flowing and it settled down a bit, then it was quite sore.

“It’s tricky to set a return date with this type of injury because, especially it being my left leg, a lot depends on how it goes when I start getting back on the pitch.

“Sometimes it can be quite sore when you start passing the ball and shooting and all these things with that leg, so it’s really hard to say a date.

“All I can say is I'm progressing really well at the moment. I think we will know more when I start getting back on the training pitches and we'll see how that goes. If that goes really well then it can be quick.”