Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has called for an increased squad to cope with the increasing number of injuries in football
with first-choice defender Gabriel Magalhaes now out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury and the Gunners are likely to be
without four defenders for Saturday’s trip to Everton and a Champions League tie against Real Madrid in midweek. Gabriel and Riccardo Calafiori are also confirmed to be out. Gabriel
is the third player the club have undergone hamstring surgery this season and Arteta has admitted that while he is proud of his players’ efforts, he also wants to see a change. แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำis the third player the club have undergone hamstring surgery this season and Arteta has admitted that while he is proud of his players’ efforts, he also wants to see a change.
“If we are going to give them more games, in more competitions, more games, more travel and higher intensity, the only solution is to have more players,” Arteta said.
“I don’t see any other option. The intensity, the pressure, everything is increasing. We must not forget that players have limits,”
the 43-year-old said of himself having been through those stages as a player. And there are still the effects of the past.
“The knee, the hip, the ankle, I still have pain every day. It’s a result of playing at a high level so consistently but I understand there are many aspects to life in football,” said the Spaniard. Arsenal
played 16 games between December and January, five more than the previous season, thanks to the Champions League in January and a Carabao Cup semi-final home and away.
Gabriel had picked up a minor hamstring injury during that time, but his desire to play regularly proved to be a problem later on. Arteta has revealed he has had to make tough decisions every game.
“Against West Ham at the end of November, Gabriel started to feel some pain. He wanted to play three days later even though the doctor said he had a grade one tear. We had a big argument with him before we decided not to play,” Arteta added.
“Three days later he said: ‘I have to play this time’. But there was still the risk and a few days later we played him and he was injured and had to be out for a long time. “
If I had chosen him then And then he got hurt more and had to rest for 4 weeks or 4 months. I would have definitely been scolded.”