{"id":644833,"date":"2024-08-16T14:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=644833"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:47:12","slug":"arsenal-injury-news-jurrien-timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/16\/arsenal-injury-news-jurrien-timber\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta Positive on Player With \u2018Tremendous Ability’: Arsenal Injury News Vs Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to North London on Saturday for their first fixture of the new season. In his pre-match press conference, manager Mikel Arteta provided positive news on the injury front, particularly regarding Jurrien Timber.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal Injury Update: Jurrien Timber Returns<\/h2>\n

Fabio Vieira\u2019s Fate Yet to Be Decided<\/h3>\n

Due to the foot injury Jurrien Timber suffered during the pre-season, Arsenal fans <\/span>were left<\/span> fearing the worst once again. The Dutchman had missed almost the entire 2023\/24 season thanks to a knee injury that he sustained during the match against Nottingham Forest.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the Arsenal faithful have now received some good news after Arteta confirmed Timber will be in the squad for the game against Wolves. Speaking on the former Ajax <\/span>defender’s<\/span> injury<\/span><\/a>, he said:<\/span> “<\/span>Jurrien will be in the squad tomorrow…<\/span>he\u2019s<\/span> managed to get <\/span>a lot of<\/span> things done and improved in many areas except playing. <\/span>He found it <\/span>really<\/span> helpful<\/span> I <\/span>think <\/span>and<\/span> now <\/span>he\u2019s<\/span> ready <\/span>and<\/span> he<\/span> has a chance<\/span>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, Arteta <\/span>didn’t<\/span> express the same confidence about Fabio <\/span>Vieira’s<\/span> return. He said:<\/span> “<\/span>We will check him now after training to see how he is <\/span>but<\/span> he looked to adapt to it<\/span>“. <\/span>The midfielder is suffering from a minor hip problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timber had missed the pre-season friendlies against Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen, and Olympique Lyon. Meanwhile, Vieira was absent for the match against the French side.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timber was earlier praised by the Arsenal coaching staff for his<\/span> “<\/span>tremendous <\/span>ability<\/span>“<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> he will hope to showcase it on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Will Arsenal\u2019s Defence Cope With the Injuries?<\/h3>\n

Luckily, Arsenal have recently added<\/span> Riccardo Calafiori<\/span><\/a> to their ranks and thus have enough depth in <\/span>defence<\/span>. The Italian can play as a left-back and as a left-sided <\/span>centre-back<\/span>. Versatility is one of the most prominent features of the players that Arteta and Edu Gaspar usually bring in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the absence of Timber, Oleksandr Zinchenko should start at left-back. The Ukrainian had a good game during the Emirates Cup Final and will hope to cement his spot in the starting lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) and Kieran Tierney (hamstring) are long-term injuries. Both defenders missed the entire pre-season. An exact return date is not known for either player.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to North London on Saturday for their first fixture of the new season. In his pre-match press conference, manager Mikel Arteta provided positive news on the injury front, particularly regarding Jurrien Timber. Arsenal Injury Update: Jurrien Timber Returns Fabio Vieira\u2019s Fate Yet to Be Decided Due to the foot injury Jurrien […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5155,"featured_media":642937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,1830],"tags":[32739,32738,9261,9249],"class_list":["post-644833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-injuries","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-fabio-vieira","tag-jurrien-timber"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664048,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644833\/revisions\/664048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}