![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/jurrien-timber-hints-at-how-serious-arsenal-injury-is-after-limping-out-of-league-debut/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Jurrien-Timber.jpg&description=Jurrien Timber's Premier League debut ended prematurely after picking up an injury, but the Arsenal and Netherlands international defender has already offered fans hope of a speedy recovery Jurrien Timber has given Arsenal fans hope by suggesting that he'll be 'back soon' after suffering an injury during his Premier League debut. The Dutch defender, signed from Ajax in a transfer deal worth £38million last month, limped off just five minutes into the second half as a result of what looked to be a calf issue picked up earlier in Arsenal's hard-fought 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest. Post-match, manager Mikel Arteta confessed that he was 'worried' about the extent Timber's injury but the 22-year-old himself appears to have already allayed fears of a lengthy layoff. In a celebratory Instagram post, Timber wrote: "A win to begin," alongside emojis which read 'back soon'. Fans in the comments section pleaded for him to give a timescale on his absence, but Arteta has already explained that the Netherlands international will firstly need to be assessed by Arsenal's medical staff. "I need to speak with the doctors and understand what happened, but he had a really weird movement as soon as he came on the pitch," the Gunners boss told talkSPORT. "So, I don't know." Arteta had received criticism for not taking Timber off at half-time, a decision which the Arsenal manager defended during his post-match press conference. "The doctors looked at him and they were happy for him to continue, he was as well," Arteta explained. "Straight away in the first action of the second half he made a movement and it was a bit funny. We took him out straight after and now we have to assess him and see what he has." Have your say! How should Arsenal replace Jurrien Timber in the starting XI? Give us your verdict in the comments section. At least the Gunners could be positive about picking up three points, as a well-taken goal from Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka's screamer ensured that Arsenal g){kind=link}
Jurrien Timber’s Premier League debut ended prematurely after picking up an injury, but the Arsenal and Netherlands international defender has already offered fans hope of a speedy recovery
Jurrien Timber has given Arsenal fans hope by suggesting that he’ll be ‘back soon’ after suffering an injury during his Premier League debut.
The Dutch defender, signed from Ajax in a transfer deal worth £38million last month, limped off just five minutes into the second half as a result of what looked to be a calf issue picked up earlier in Arsenal’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest. Post-match, manager Mikel Arteta confessed that he was ‘worried’ about the extent Timber’s injury but the 22-year-old himself appears to have already allayed fears of a lengthy layoff.
In a celebratory Instagram post, Timber wrote: “A win to begin,” alongside emojis which read ‘back soon’. Fans in the comments section pleaded for him to give a timescale on his absence, but Arteta has already explained that the Netherlands international will firstly need to be assessed by Arsenal’s medical staff.
“I need to speak with the doctors and understand what happened, but he had a really weird movement as soon as he came on the pitch,” the Gunners boss told talkSPORT. “So, I don’t know.”