Martin Odegaard will be out for the foreseeable future after medical assessments showed that the Arsenal captain has sustained “significant” ankle ligament damage. Odegaard has undergone numerous scans and has seen a specialist since rolling his ankle in horrible fashion while on international duty with Norway earlier this month.

Arsenal are gearing up for a huge week with the prospect of being without Martin Odegaard, though there is good news on Bukayo Saka. The Gunners edged past Tottenham without both their captain and Declan Rice, while they saw Saka hobble off before the end of a hard-fought 1-0 north London derby victory.

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has sustained "significant" ankle ligament damage that will keep him out of action for "a while" manager Mikel Arteta said Wednesday.