{"id":405460,"date":"2011-04-28T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/28\/thomas-vermaelen-set-to-make-injury-comeback-in-arsenals-reserve-game-against-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T18:30:00","slug":"thomas-vermaelen-set-to-make-injury-comeback-in-arsenals-reserve-game-against-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/28\/thomas-vermaelen-set-to-make-injury-comeback-in-arsenals-reserve-game-against-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Vermaelen set to make injury comeback in Arsenal&#8217;s reserve game against Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Simon Sinclair<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Apr 2011 19:30:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"73.7133290816\">\n<div readability=\"13.1374407583\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thomas Vermaelen - Arsenal, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4664ad39112996_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thomas Vermaelen &#8211; Arsenal, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/belgium\/7710\/thomas-vermaelen\">Thomas Vermaelen<\/a> is set to make his comeback from injury tonight in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> reserves game with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Belgian international has been out since September after damaging his Achilles whilst playing for Belgium during an International break last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Arsene Wenger confirmed in his pre-match press conference today that the centre-back will play for the reserves but would not be fit for Sunday\u2019s clash with Manchester United at the Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wenger said: &#8220;Vermaelen will play tonight for the Reserves but he will not play against Man United.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The defender last played for the Gunners in their 2-1 victory over Blackburn in August and he has been sorely missed by Arsene Wenger\u2019s side whose defensive lapses in recent weeks have cost them the title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His comeback from injury has been greeted with delight by his Arsenal team-mates including Robin van Persie who expressed his happiness on his Twitter account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Dutchman tweeted: \u201cGood luck tonight Thomas Vermaelen . Welcome back mate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abou Diaby will also miss the clash with the Red Devils with a calf strain but apart from that Arsene Wenger has a full squad to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: &#8220;Diaby is still out and everybody else is basically available.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4664ad39112996_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/28\/2462649\/thomas-vermaelen-set-to-make-injury-comeback-in-arsenals-reserve-\" title=\"Thomas Vermaelen set to make injury comeback in Arsenal's reserve game against Manchester United\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Vermaelen set to make injury comeback in Arsenal&#8217;s reserve game against Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Simon Sinclair 28 Apr 2011 19:30:00 Thomas Vermaelen &#8211; Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Thomas Vermaelen is set to make his comeback from injury tonight in Arsenal reserves game with Manchester United . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":405461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-405460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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