Arsenal manager Mikel Areta revealed that he had conflict with Gabriel at the beginning of this season when he forced the middle back to the sidelines, despite his protests in a greater attempt to defend himself against the allegations, to revise his players.
It is now expected that Gabriel will spend the rest of the season in Arsenal’s treatment room after damaging his knee tendon against Fulham on Tuesday evening.
The high-towering Brazilian is one of four defense injuries that Arsenal suffered in a quick successor and dramatically restricted the Personal Options of Arteta for the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid next week.
The overloaded football calendar is a factor for the arsenal of injuries, and most other Premier League clubs have suffered this season, although Arteta also emphasized the potentially negative effects of a player on his own recovery.
The Arsenal boss told his press conference before the game on Friday that Gabriel felt “something in his knee” during a 5-2 victory against West Ham United in November.
“We played three days later, six days later and nine days later,” remembered Areta. “Three days later, [Gabriel] said he was ready to play with a first class. He said, “I don’t feel anything. I want to play ‘.
“It was a massive fight not to play it. Day six, ‘This definitely has to play.’ Everyone likes “there is still a chance that we decided after a big fight.
“‘That’s sure’, ‘ [says Gabriel]. The documents say there is a low risk. He can miss five, six or seven weeks if he has an injury afterwards. We said we shouldn’t play. On the 12th day he played. But on the sixth day I was very tried to play him. “
Areta was accused of having transformed Arsenal’s regular starter. Many claimed that Bukayo Saka’s longer absence in this term was a result of a minimal break in the middle of a relentless list of play. Gabriel was hardly overlooked and began 135 of the club’s previous 144 top games.
Nevertheless, the Gunner’s boss was in pain to point out the dilemma with which he is constantly confronted. “So sometimes they protect the player for it [a serious injury] To pass, and if the player is completely protected, this also happens. There is an element that people we cannot control. You want to play you because the player comes to your office. “I want to play, I want to play, I want to play. I’m ready. I know my body. Don’t listen to the scan! ‘, Do you know?
“So we try to do our best.”