{"id":451388,"date":"2026-02-05T23:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451388\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T23:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:17:11","slug":"timber-saka-odegaard-not-seen-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451388\/","title":{"rendered":"Timber, Saka + Odegaard not seen in training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/02\/05\/fpl-gameweek-25-team-news-thursdays-live-injury-updates-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seven pre-match press conferences on Thursday<\/a>, following on from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/02\/05\/fpl-gameweek-25-team-news-wednesdays-injury-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Wednesday\u2019s two<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet to face the media ahead of Gameweek 25 is, amongst others, Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll be in front of the cameras on Friday, when he\u2019ll hopefully \u2013 and it\u2019s more in hope than expectation \u2013 give us an update on his injured players.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, some news to bring you from the Arsenal training ground.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports cameras (so not the selective club photographer!) didn\u2019t spot Bukayo Saka (hip), Martin Odegaard\u00a0(\u201cniggle\u201d) and\u00a0Jurrien Timber\u00a0in open training on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard not involved in Arsenal open training this morning.<\/p>\n<p>But also no Jurrien Timber in training either. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/afc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#afc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fDeMZtoOjX\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/fDeMZtoOjX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ievCpl275F\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ievCpl275F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Blitz (@SamBIitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBIitz\/status\/2019376655827960249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saka pulled out of the starting XI ahead of the Leeds United match in Gameweek 24, missing Tuesday\u2019s Carabao Cup semi-final win. Odegaard sat out that latter game, too.<\/p>\n<p>Timber did feature in that cup tie but his absence from training footage presents a fresh worry ahead of Gameweek 25 \u2013 and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/02\/03\/fpl-double-gameweek-26-confirmed-for-arsenal-wolves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the looming Double Gameweek 26<\/a>. It may have simply been load management with the Dutchman, with no injury apparent in midweek, but perhaps Arteta will tell us otherwise on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFScoutEditorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20250820-WA0000-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"price change predictions\" class=\"wp-image-144736 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:600px\"  \/><\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We had seven pre-match press conferences on Thursday, following on from Wednesday\u2019s two. Yet to face the media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[146818,211698,76466,403,99,211699],"class_list":["post-451388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal-team-news","tag-odegaard-injury","tag-saka-injury","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-timber-injury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}