{"id":406357,"date":"2011-04-29T07:04:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T07:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/thomas-vermaelen-gives-arsene-wenger-a-much-needed-boost-as-he-plays-90-minutes-for-reserves\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T07:04:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T07:04:03","slug":"thomas-vermaelen-gives-arsene-wenger-a-much-needed-boost-as-he-plays-90-minutes-for-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/thomas-vermaelen-gives-arsene-wenger-a-much-needed-boost-as-he-plays-90-minutes-for-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Vermaelen Gives Arsene Wenger A Much Needed Boost As He Plays 90 Minutes For Reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Arsene Wenger has received a massive boost after his Belgium centerback Thomas Vermaelen completed 90 minutes for Arsenal reserves in a match against Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners defender has missed the last six months with an Achilles injury but there is now a chance he could return to action before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Wenger, though, had stated that he won&#8217;t consider Vermaelen for the upcoming clash with Manchester United insisting he is not ready yet.<\/p>\n<p>The reserve game also featured Darren Fletcher, who returned to play the first 45 minutes for Manchester United, his first action for two months after suffering a debilitating virus.<\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely that he would be in contention for the match at the Emirates on Sunday but he will be in line for a return in next week&#8217;s Champions League semi-final second leg with Schalke.<\/p>\n<p>The United reserves also featured Wes Brown and Bebe, and the two sides played out a 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_110-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/157043.php\" title=\"Thomas Vermaelen Gives Arsene Wenger A Much Needed Boost As He Plays 90 Minutes For Reserves\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Vermaelen Gives Arsene Wenger A Much Needed Boost As He Plays 90 Minutes For Reserves<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Arsene Wenger has received a massive boost after his Belgium centerback Thomas Vermaelen completed 90 minutes for Arsenal reserves in a match against Manchester United. The Gunners defender has missed the last six months with an Achilles injury but there is now a chance he could return to action before the end of the season. Wenger, though, had stated that he won&#8217;t consider Vermaelen for the upcoming clash with Manchester United insisting he is not ready yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":406358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-406357","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Vermaelen Gives Arsene Wenger A Much Needed Boost As He Plays 90 Minutes For Reserves - 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\/29\/thomas-vermaelen-gives-arsene-wenger-a-much-needed-boost-as-he-plays-90-minutes-for-reserves\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Thomas Vermaelen Gives Arsene Wenger A Much Needed Boost As He Plays 90 Minutes For Reserves - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Arsene Wenger has received a massive boost after his Belgium centerback Thomas Vermaelen completed 90 minutes for Arsenal reserves in a match against Manchester United. 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