The Arsenal playmaker says that his team have suffered because of the frequent injuries in their squad as they are now battling for the third place spot in the English Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur...
Ever since his transfer from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 to Arsenal in the summer transfer window of 2011, Arteta has worked hard to make a place for himself at the Emirates stadium. At first Arteta was brought in to bring some creativity into the
Gunners’ squad which lacked guile due to the exodus of Cesc Fabregas to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Samir-Nasri-c32360 to Manchester City.
However the Spanish midfielder has now gained a role of his own rather than replacing his compatriot or the Frenchman. Nonetheless, Arsene Wenger would’ve wanted Arteta to be available for more games this season but that has not
been possible due to the playmaker’s injury troubles.
Injuries have indeed been a source of trouble for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, not only in Arteta’s case but in generally as well as players such as Diaby, Song, Sagna, Vermaelen have all suffered breakdowns throughout the season. Regardless of such
hurdles, Arsenal have done remarkably well to gain a top three place in the Premier League table, something that was considering impossible at the start of the season in light of their 8-1 loss to Manchester United.
Arteta said in his interview, "We have been hit with important, long-term injuries the whole season that really, really affect the team. I would like to see this team playing with the same XI for 10-15 games - then we could talk
about if we were good enough or not. Now we are starting to do it and we are starting to get really good results, so for me the biggest concern is to stop the injuries."
He added, “Obviously if you spend a lot of money to bring in top players you have a better chance because you have a bigger squad and you can change the team around but, for me, a key thing with our squad is the injuries."
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