Arsenal injury news: Mikel Arteta's £60m star 'departs' Gunners training camp in scare

Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber is believed to person temporarily departed the club's pre-season grooming campy successful Spain to acquisition regular aesculapian evaluations successful London. 

The Netherlands planetary missed the caller World Cup aft sustaining a frustrating groin problem. 

This latest carnal contented followed a abstracted ankle wounded that sidelined him for 2 months towards the process extremity of the erstwhile home season. 

Despite those setbacks, the versatile right-back managed to instrumentality successful clip to diagnostic successful the Champions League last decision to Paris Saint-Germain. 

Gunners supporters volition beryllium anxious for affirmative quality regarding his fittingness up of their highly anticipated Premier League rubric defence.

Arsenal wounded news: Timber returns to London for scheduled groin assessment

Having been sighted with the squad earlier leaving for their grooming camp, the defender has travelled backmost to the English superior specifically to show the ongoing contented that heavy disrupted his summertime planetary plans. 

However, BBC Sport reports that this scheduled sojourn is simply a modular portion of his rehabilitation programme alternatively than a setback successful his recovery. 

Timber, valued astatine €70m (£60m) by Transfermarkt, is expected to alert backmost to Spain successful the coming days to seamlessly rejoin his teammates. 

The erstwhile Ajax antheral established himself arsenic the undisputed first-choice right-back for Arsenal by making 30 top-flight appearances during their palmy rubric pursuit past term. 

Indeed, the nine volition undoubtedly anticipation to reintegrate him into afloat grooming sessions without immoderate further complications.

Arsenal hole for Community Shield clash against Man City

Arsenal are rapidly gearing up for the accepted curtain-raiser against Manchester City successful the Community Shield connected August 16. 

Securing the availability of Timber would supply a monumental antiaircraft boost for Mikel Arteta arsenic helium finalises his tactical blueprint. 

Following that important Wembley encounter, the reigning champions volition officially statesman their Premier League rubric defence against recently promoted Coventry City connected August 21. 

Navigating these aboriginal fixtures without their premier right-back could beryllium somewhat challenging for a broadside hopeless to support their home dominance. 

The nine indispensable cautiously negociate his carnal workload to debar a repetition of the devastating anterior cruciate ligament wounded that ruined his debut campaign.