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  "path": "/2026/04/28/mikel-arteta-issues-jurrien-timber-injury-update-ahead-arsenal-vs-atletico-madrid-28155927/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T18:59:56.000Z",
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    "Jurrien Timber",
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  "textContent": "Jurrien Timber has missed Arsenal’s last eight matches (Getty)\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta remains uncertain over a return date for Jurrien Timber due to a groin injury.\n\nTimber has missed Arsenal’s last eight matches and was not training with the squad on Tuesday ahead of the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday evening.\n\nIn the Premier League, Arsenal currently sit three points clear of Manchester City with just four games remaining.\n\nBut Arteta is unsure whether Timber will play a part in Arsenal’s title run-in against City.\n\nWhen asked if he knows a return date for Timber, Arteta said on Tuesday evening: ‘We don’t know yet.\n\nJurrien Timber has been sidelined with a groin injury (Getty)\n\n‘He is doing some stuff on the pitch at the moment. But we need to get the gears up and be able to do more things before he can compete with us.’\n\n##  Get personalised football updates every day\n\nSign up to our daily football newsletter and choose your team to get the latest news, rumours and more about your favourite team.\n\nArteta also confirmed that Kai Havertz will miss the game against Atletico, while Eberechi Eze is available after both were forced off in the win against Newcastle United last weekend.\n\nSpeaking on his side’s semi-final against Atletico, Arteta added: ‘After that win, a massive win for us against Newcastle, you could sense straight away the energy, the confidence coming into this game.\n\n‘It’s a massive privilege to be here again, two years in a row in the semi-final of the Champions League, representing our club, what an opportunity we’re going to grab with both hands.\n\n‘We’re going to see a team that wants to be dominant, that wants to win it, and that wants to start to decide the tie tomorrow.’\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Mikel Arteta issues Jurrien Timber injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid"
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