Martin Odegaard issues three-word verdict as he steps up Arsenal injury return

Martin Odegaard has stepped up his recovery from an ankle injury, with the captain hoping to be back in action soon.

Arsenal shared a clip on social media of Odegaard continuing his rehabilitation during the international break, with the Gunners' captain shown running on an AlterG Anti-Gravity treadmill.

"What a day," he says in the clip. "Running on the AlterG. Unreal." Odegaard picked up the injury while away on international duty with Norway last month and has missed Arsenal's last seven games across all competitions.

The midfielder offered a promising update on his recovery ahead of Arsenal's 3-1 win over at the weekend, writing in the matchday programme: "I just wanted to start with the latest on my injury and rehab.

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"In the last week or so I've made really good progress. I'm getting better and better by the day and feel it's going well. When you feel like things are moving forward, it gives you motivation to do more and more and work harder.

"Today is our last game before another international break, so that gives me some more time to work on the rehab too. Hopefully, it won't be much longer; I think we will know more as soon as I get out on the training pitches and we see how my ankle responds to that.

"At the moment it's progressing well and it looks better than we were thinking, but we've still got to take every day as it comes." Arteta, meanwhile, admitted it was "difficult" to give a "timeline" for Odegaard's return.

"Martin is very difficult, I expected still with the boot and a lot of things and he's working so hard and is feeling good and is pushing it so it's difficult to give a timeline," he said ahead of the Southampton game.

"The impact that Martin has in everything we do, it was too big to try to replicate it with one player. We tried to do it in a different way, adapting a few things, and using players' qualities, players that can play in the right position, with the right chemistry around them.

"Maybe it took a game or two, but then it started to flow a bit better but we have found a way. But we still miss him because he's one of the most important players for us."

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