Every word Mikel Arteta said on Jesus and Partey injuries, Odegaard form and Christmas Eve games
What’s the latest on Partey?
He’s got a muscle injury and we expect him to be out for a few weeks. We don’t know the extent of it still, he has more tests today. He got that injury in training, with the last kick of the ball. Very unfortunate.
Is it the same one as before?
No it’s something different.
Do you think him playing for Ghana might have contributed to it?
I don’t think so. He was coming from a period of absence and he needed minutes. He played with the national team. We try to be in touch with them always. Then we had two games very close with Chelsea and Seville. We decided not to load him in Chelsea and play him in Seville, and then it happened in training. So, sometimes it’s difficult. We try to prevent it. If he had got injured against Chelsea or against City you would have said we rushed him. And then we don’t and he gets injured. It happens. That’s football.
What’s the latest on Jesus?
Again. The scans show that there is a muscle injury. We might miss him for a few weeks again.
Will he return after the international break?
With Gabi I cannot give you any time frame because he always surprises us. He felt something there, it was a really awkward action. It’s true that he had quite a lot of load in those games playing with the national team and with us which he hasn’t done in a long, long time. That’s really bad news for us.
How much happier are you feeling about being able to rotate now?
We have three big players. With Jurrien, with Thomas and with Gabi. The most important thing is to have the squad available, and have the right players to rotate them in the right moment because yeah you are rotating the squad in the first game and then you get the injuries that you want to avoid. It’s something that we knew
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