{"id":606909,"date":"2026-05-27T16:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606909\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:31:18","slug":"jurrien-timber-announcement-made-as-arsenal-get-champions-league-final-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606909\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurrien Timber announcement made as Arsenal get Champions League final injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurrien Timber has missed the last few months with injury but his chances of returning for the Champions League final look to have been boosted<\/p>\n

13:28, 27 May 2026Updated 14:01, 27 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Arsenal look to have been handed a Jurrien Timber injury boost(Image: (Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty Images))<\/p>\n

Arsenal star Jurrien Timber has been included in the Netherlands’ 26-man World Cup squad.<\/a><\/p>\n

The versatile defender has missed the last eight weeks with injury but him being named to feature in a tournament that starts in just a few weeks could be a boost to Arsenal’s hopes of having him available for the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain this Saturday.<\/p>\n

There was some optimism that he would be involved against Crystal Palace last Sunday but the 24-year-old was not included in the squad.<\/p>\n

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Mikel Merino did make his return from injury in that clash at Selhurst Park however, after missing the last few months due to a foot injury that required surgery.<\/p>\n

Noni Madueke sparked injury concerns during that 2-1 victory as he was forced off after receiving treatment from physios on a possible hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

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However, it has since emerged that he avoided injury and is expected to be available to Mikel Arteta<\/a> in Budapest this weekend.<\/p>\n

Whether or not Timber joins him is currently unclear with it highly unlikely he starts the showpiece given he has not played since mid-March and would be up against the lightening Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.<\/p>\n

PSG’s fearsome attack up against Arsenal’s world class defence is the big battle for the weekend with the availability of Ousmane Dembele key to that.<\/p>\n

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He was forced off with a calf problem against Paris FC earlier this month and has not featured since, which included missing an internal friendly organised by the holders.<\/a><\/p>\n

However, he has issued a positive fitness update ahead of the final. “I’m feeling much better than on Sunday,” Dembele said in an interview<\/a> with M6. “I had a minor scare, but the doctor told me there’s nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n

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Ousmane Dembele has handed Paris Saint-Germain an injury boost for the Champions League final against Arsenal<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt’s my calf; I had a slight twinge in my calf and I preferred not to take the risk.”<\/p>\n

Dembele has since been in training with Achraf Hakimi, who has missed the last month due to a thigh issue, also returning to full team sessions.<\/a><\/p>\n

The PSG right-back is also heading to the World Cup with Morocco announcing him as part of their squad heading to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jurrien Timber has missed the last few months with injury but his chances of returning for the Champions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[25919,218,27164,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-606909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal-injury-news","tag-football","tag-jurrien-timber","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}