Mikel Arteta has provided further detail on Martin Odegaard s significant injury as the Arsenal boss raised concerns over his side s identity ahead of their Champions League clash with Atalanta.
The Gunners travel to Bergamo to take on Atalanta in their Champions League opener on Thursday as Arteta is given the chance to exorcise his European demons.
But he will be without his captain for that game and for the foreseeable future after Odegaard picked up an injury on international duty with Norway.
The national side s team doctor Ole Sands initially thought .
Sand said: “Such ankle injuries often take at least three weeks. Anything other than that is just a bonus. And then it can take longer.
“What we have so far obtained from the MRI examina…