{"id":130643,"date":"2023-12-13T12:14:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/13\/mikel-arteta-provides-fresh-update-on-acl-recovery\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:14:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:14:12","slug":"mikel-arteta-provides-fresh-update-on-acl-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/13\/mikel-arteta-provides-fresh-update-on-acl-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta provides fresh update on ACL recovery \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mikel Arteta has revealed that Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber is recovering \u201cvery fast\u201d from the ACL injury that he suffered on his Premier League debut in August.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Timber joined the Gunners in a deal from Ajax worth an initial \u00a334m, but the Netherlands international was forced off only 50 minutes into the opening game of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>ACL layoffs can vary massively, but a general estimate is between seven and nine months. With that potential timeframe and\u00a0Arteta\u2019s positive update, it raises the possibility of Timber getting back on the pitch before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is doing very well,\u201d the Gunners boss explained this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously he\u2019s going through a really significant injury but he\u2019s flying to be fair, the stage he is right now. The way he works every single day is incredibly satisfying to watch, but unfortunately we\u2019re going to miss him still for a long time.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/01hhfarnfmgs99vchdch.jpg\" alt=\"Jurrien Timber\" title=\"Jurrien Timber\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Arsenal fans have hardly seen Jurrien Timber in action \/ Julian Finney\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201c[His recovery is] very fast. The first few steps are crucial for that injury, for the amount of work they have to do for the knee to be resolved and get some activity and mobility back and start to build the strength. Especially how the head is throughout that period, I think he\u2019s in a really good place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Timber was signed with the intention of being\u00a0Arsenal\u2019s primary right-back. But between his long-term absence and Takehiro Tomiyasu often filling in on the left, it has left Ben White, whose preferred position is in the centre of defence, once against asked to play there for much of the season.<\/p>\n<p>With right-back a position that may therefore need strengthening,\u00a0Arsenal had a scouting presence at Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Bundesliga clash with Borussia Dortmund earlier this month\u00a0to watch Jeremie Frimpong in action. He is expected to move on in 2024 and has a \u00a335m release clause that expires in the summer. 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Timber joined the Gunners in a deal from Ajax worth an initial \u00a334m, but the Netherlands international was forced off only 50 minutes into the opening game of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mikel Arteta provides fresh update on ACL recovery \u2013 - 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\/2023\/12\/13\/mikel-arteta-provides-fresh-update-on-acl-recovery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mikel Arteta provides fresh update on ACL recovery \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mikel Arteta has revealed that Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber is recovering \u201cvery fast\u201d from the ACL injury that he suffered on his Premier League debut in August. 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