Jurrien Timber will lose the final game of the Arsenal Premier League against Southampton after undergoing ankle surgery on Tuesday.
The whole Netherlands was absent from Sunday 1-0 Victory against Newcastle And manager Mikel Arteta said on Wednesday that she would be “out for a few weeks”.
Timber, 23, played 48 times in all competitions for Arsenal in this term after losing most of last season with an earlier cross injury.
“With Jurrien, you understand that he was coming back from an ACL a year and, to have this season after an ACL, it’s amazing,” said Arteta.
“We didn’t sign a player, we signed a leader, a very, very special character.”
Arteta also confirmed that defender William Saliba will lose the gunners’ trip to Southampton on Sunday because of a tendon injury.
“Unfortunately, William will be out for a few weeks. He has pulled the tendon against Newcastle, so he’ll be out for a few weeks,” Arteta told Bein Sports.
The 100th appearance of Saliba’s Premier League ended early Sunday, when he was forced out at the break with a tendon problem at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal will secure second place at Premier League if he avoid defeat at St. Mary’s on Sunday, although even if they lose and the Manchester City victory, the Gunners still end as runner-up in goal difference, unless the destroyed champions get a balance of eight goals.
