{"id":402721,"date":"2011-04-27T18:47:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T18:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/27\/thomas-vermaelen-set-for-arsenal-return\/"},"modified":"2011-04-27T18:47:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T18:47:13","slug":"thomas-vermaelen-set-for-arsenal-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/thomas-vermaelen-set-for-arsenal-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Vermaelen Set For Arsenal Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Thomas Vermaelen is set to make his long-awaited return from injury in Arsenal&#8217;s reserve match against Manchester United on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Vermaelen has been given the green light to play in the match at Altrincham after almost eight months out with an Achilles injury that defied treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old was initially expected to be sidelined for a matter of days but he endured several aborted comeback attempts and was eventually forced to undergo minor surgery in January in a bid to cure the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Belgium defender come through Thursday&#8217;s match unscathed, manager Arsene Wenger may decide to hand him a place in the first team before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Vermaelen has been badly missed by Arsenal this term, especially during the last two months, which has seen their quadruple quest disintegrate.<\/p>\n<p>A lack of physical presence and leadership in defence has left the Gunners on the brink of a sixth successive season without silverware.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_284-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/156596.php\" title=\"Thomas Vermaelen Set For Arsenal Return\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Vermaelen Set For Arsenal Return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Thomas Vermaelen is set to make his long-awaited return from injury in Arsenal&#8217;s reserve match against Manchester United on Thursday. Vermaelen has been given the green light to play in the match at Altrincham after almost eight months out with an Achilles injury that defied treatment. The 25-year-old was initially expected to be sidelined for a matter of days but he endured several aborted comeback attempts and was eventually forced to undergo minor surgery in January in a bid to cure the problem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Vermaelen Set For Arsenal Return - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/thomas-vermaelen-set-for-arsenal-return\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Thomas Vermaelen Set For Arsenal Return - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Thomas Vermaelen is set to make his long-awaited return from injury in Arsenal&#039;s reserve match against Manchester United on Thursday. 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