Arsenal may very well be with out Jurrien Timber for his or her crunch conflict with Paris Saint-Germain this week.
The defender was a notable absentee for the Premier League conflict with Bournemouth on Saturday – a match that the Gunners misplaced 2-1.
Timber was noticed in attendance on the Emirates Stadium however after being disregarded of the matchday squad, questions have been requested about his state of affairs.
Whereas refusing to reveal precisely what the difficulty is, Mikel Arteta did say that he wasn’t assured of seeing the star face PSG on Wednesday night time.
Requested if Timber may very well be match for PSG, Arteta replied: “No.
“Assured? In the mean time, no, as a result of he wasn’t capable of play right here and we performed him for 4 days.”
Requested what the difficulty with Timber is, Arteta replied: “I can not let you know.”
Timber’s final outing was the Champions League semi last first leg with PSG final week.
The 23-year-old performed 83 minutes of the sport earlier than being changed by Ben White.
Consequently it was White who began at right-back in opposition to the Cherries.
Ought to Timber miss the conflict on the Parc des Princes, it could be a bitter blow for Arsenal.
The Dutch star has made 47 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners this time period.
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In that point he has offered two objectives and 4 assists.
Arsenal will already be with out Gabriel Magalhaes and Takehiro Tomiyasu for the conflict in Paris.
In the meantime Riccardo Calafiori may also miss the out after struggling a knee damage on worldwide obligation in March.
Arsenal go into the sport on the again of a 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth after objectives from Dean Huijsen and Evanilson condemned them to defeat.
Nonetheless PSG may also be trying to get again to profitable methods after struggling a shock defeat to Liam Rosenior’s Strasbourg on Saturday.
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