Yeah, I found his words interesting. I do remember Arteta saying back in December though that he didn’t want to give any timeframe on the injury because “he knows Gabby”. Not surprised he still hasn’t.
I think Arteta has been a bit more careful when it comes to injuries and availability the past months.
Used to be a time that he cane out and saying “this guy, this guy and this guy will be back next match” and then the next match came around and at best one was back. And then you compare it to recent occasions where the club actively hid images of Tomiyasu being in training, Elneny casually popping back to training a month after suffering an injury that should should have took him out till January, etc.
The less pressure on the player the better. I do think Jesus is already putting pressure on himself to make the quickest recovery possible. Pretty positive he’s eyeing that match against City. I know he left on good terms but I can imagine him being pumped to make a statement in that match regardless.
And he can tell them Jesus will need more time to get up to speed again because of his demands and style.
Arteta has been making it abundantly clear that he needs reinforcements recently, has been for some time. He’ll change his tune slightly once the window is shut but I do expect him to throw the occasional “It’s what we have” and the new one now “Ask Edu” to continue.
Well tbh he got injired early December and back then we were told 3 months so February would still be an early return. Hopefully we get him back some time in March but it does reinforce the need to recruit during this window too.
