Arsenal give Martin Odegaard injury update after West Ham blow as decision made

Arsenal have confirmed that Martin Odegaard has withdrawn from international duty with Norway after suffering a knee injury in the 2-0 win against West Ham United.

A club statement released on Sunday afternoon read: "Martin Odegaard has been withdrawn from the Norway national team for their upcoming matches against Israel and New Zealand after sustaining a medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee during the first half in Saturday’s win over West Ham United.

"Martin will continue to be assessed and treated by our medical team at Sobha Realty Training Centre during the international window, with the aim of a return to action as soon as possible."

It is perhaps no surprise this decision has been taken following Mikel Arteta's far from positive update after the game. "I think he [Odegaard] had a clash knee-to-knee, and immediately he was uncomfortable," Arteta admitted during his post-match press conference.

"I just spoke to him, he's not positive about it, he's got a brace on, we'll have to wait and see from the doctors, but we haven't been very unlucky with that either."

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