Martin Odegaard is on course to return from injury next month despite claims the Arsenal captain has suffered an injury setback.
The Gunners captain suffered the injury while on international duty with Norway in September. Mikel Arteta later confirmed his midfielder had suffered a ‘significant ankle ligament injury’.
There had been hope Odegaard could be back in contention at the end of this month or early November with the player himself offering an encouraging update in his programme notes on Saturday for the Premier League clash against Southampton.
Footage also emerged of the former Real Madrid star stepping up his rehabilitation, running freely on a treadmill at the club’s training ground.
And despite reports on social media claiming the midfielder has suffered a setback that could delay his return until December, Sky Sports report he remains on course to return in November.
Odegaard has not played since the 1-1 draw with Brighton at the end of August having missed the last seven games in all competitions.
Arsenal have maintained their unbeaten start to the season despite Odegaard’s absence, sitting a point behind league leaders Liverpool.
Arsenal are next in action on October 19 against Bournemouth and then face the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle and Inter in the space of a month.
While his current injury timeline could rule him out of those games, Odegaard spoke positively of his recovery last week.
‘In the last week or so I’ve made really good progress,’ Odegaard said. ‘I’m getting better & better by the day and feel it’s going well.
‘When you feel like things are moving forward, it gives you motivation to do more and more and work harder.
‘At the moment it’s progressing well and it looks better than we were thinking, but we’ve still got to take every day as it comes.
‘Anyway, it looks as though the team don’t really need me at the moment! We have been playing so well lately & got another good result on Tuesday against PSG.’
