Apparently he’s out for nine months with knee injury that rules him out until next season December minimal so what’s with us and bad injuries, my take, Wenger bought fragile players apart from Alexis Sanchez.
posted on 22/1/19
OP, I think you mean "ruptures" and not "raptures".
posted on 22/1/19
Ornstien has said we’re after 2 loans deals, one being Suárez but it’s not close. Maybe other could be Bellerín replacement. But it sounded like we were after 1 or 2 loans before he got injured
posted on 22/1/19
What is actually more worrying is whether Bellerin will recover to his 'promise'. Ligament ruptures are notorious for players losing their sharpness. Thats one of Bellerin's main quality.
posted on 22/1/19
comment by citrenoogeht (U13932)
posted 4 hours, 26 minutes ago
OP, I think you mean "ruptures" and not "raptures".
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Thanks mate have edited, you know English is very tough to negotiate so cheers.
posted on 22/1/19
Two ACLs in one season?
This is terrible news.
posted on 22/1/19
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 4 hours, 23 minutes ago
What is actually more worrying is whether Bellerin will recover to his 'promise'. Ligament ruptures are notorious for players losing their sharpness. Thats one of Bellerin's main quality.
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Watch the:
"Laurent Koscielny: Stronger | In-depth documentary
Get the inside story on our defender’s return from injury with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage".
It's on the Arsenal.com homepage, you just need to scroll down about halfway, the full documentary is around 25 minutes long. I found it very interesting and it gives me some hope for Hector. If he can rehabilitate anything like Laurent did with the same attitude and determination he should be ok barring any surgical nightmares.
Bellerin was still making a defensive mistake from time to time but he was certainly looking better again this season under Emery compared to the last couple under Wenger where i thought he declined or at least stalled in his development, a real shame.
Fact of the matter is, we're going to be without a quality right-back for up to 9 months now, could even be longer. That takes us well into next season, we're talking September/October back playing if he recovers quickly. Whilst it's a great opportunity for players like Niles to establish himself as a first team regular (and i personally believe he has the quality to do so) mistakes there from himself, Jenkinson or the worst of the 3 Lichtsteiner will cost us dearly. We're going to be without our first choice right back for the best part of a year and there are no guarantees he'll ever come back the same either.
posted on 22/1/19
As much as i feel the urge to say: "we need to buy a right back this January or we are doomed".
I do believe we need to show some belief and faith in our younger players that have come through the youth teams (Niles) or have been in the squad waiting for their chance - Jenkinson although not the most gifted footballer has never particularly let us down with his efforts.
For these reasons i am doubtful there will even be a loan signing for this position in January. I suspect Niles will be given a longer run in the first team to prove himself now and i think overall he has probably earned that with his performances.
posted on 22/1/19
Fact of the matter is, we're going to be without a quality right-back for up to 9 months now, could even be longer.
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No I don't think so. I think Arsenal will replace Licht in the summer with a starter signing and then allow Bellerin to work his way back. That will give them time to see if Bellerin can get back to being a starter again.
posted on 23/1/19
Must be something in the north london water
posted on 23/1/19
As others have said, the lack of width is a big concern.
Even with Bellerin and Kolasinac fit, I've still never been comfortable with being so reliant on our full-backs so stretch teams, and the injury to Bellerin only exacerbates this.
With this in mind, and with the reported lack of transfer funds available, I really think we should be looking to recall Reiss Nelson if possible
I fully appreciate he's played predominantly in central positions for Hoffenheim this season (when he has played, that is), but he's one of the few players we have who's comfortable playing out wide, and could potentially add a different dimension to our attack.