£34m Arsenal star offers fitness update to Mikel Arteta amid warning of another injury "setback"

Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber has admitted helium indispensable beryllium cautious with his instrumentality from wounded aft suffering different setback successful what has been a hard play for the £34m signing.

The Dutchman has endured a frustrating commencement to the play aft missing much than 3 months with a groin problem, having already spent clip connected the sidelines with an ankle wounded earlier this year.

Timber is present backmost successful enactment but knows helium cannot spend to unreserved his recovery, with Arsenal and Mikel Arteta apt to instrumentality a cautious attack to his workload.

What has Jurrien Timber said astir his wounded troubles?

Timber suffered a groin wounded successful June which kept him retired for 103 days and 11 games for nine and country.

It was his 2nd large wounded of the year, having antecedently missed 52 days and 12 matches with an ankle occupation betwixt March and May.

The versatile defender has managed conscionable 105 minutes of Premier League shot for Arsenal this play and was placed connected an idiosyncratic grooming programme by the Netherlands during the planetary break.

He played ten minutes against Serbia earlier featuring for 78 minutes successful the 2-2 gully with Greece, but admitted helium is inactive feeling the effects of his lengthy absence.

“I person to beryllium precise astute astir the steps we take. Otherwise, I’ll endure a setback, and I don’t privation that,” Timber said (via Sport Witness).

“I privation to play each crippled and instrumentality portion successful each grooming session. But the physios counsel maine connected what’s champion for me. So, I request to perceive to them carefully.”

Mikel Arteta volition request to negociate Jurrien Timber's minutes

Arsenal would beryllium omniscient to perceive to Timber and his physios fixed his wounded grounds since arriving astatine the Emirates.

He missed 53 games and 253 days during the 2023-24 campaign, followed by different 48 days crossed 5 injuries the pursuing season. Last term, helium missed a further 24 matches and 160 days.

That makes managing his minutes peculiarly important, adjacent if Arsenal desperately privation their versatile defender backmost astatine afloat speed.

Timber tin run astatine some full-back and centre-back and remains an important portion of Arteta's plans, but keeping him acceptable has to beryllium the priority.

Missing a fewer games portion helium gradually builds his fittingness would beryllium acold preferable to different setback that could permission Arsenal without him for months.