Jurrien Timber will take his biggest step towards a first team comeback on Monday afternoon.
Timber, 21, has travelled with Arsenal ’s under-21 team to play in a Premier League 2 fixture at Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Dutch defender Timber is expected to get minutes as he steps up his recovery after his knee injury nightmare.
Timber suffered a serious knee ligament injury on his Premier League debut for Arsenal against Nottingham Forest last August.
That has kept him out until now but he has stepped up his recovery into training, joined in with team mates and will now go through match action on his next steps.
There is still a hope the versatile Holland international could play for Arsenal’s first team before the end of the season.
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Gunners first team boss Mikel Arteta said on Friday: “He’s going to play a game with the under-21s and after that, we will see better where he is, how he felt.
“He looks really good in training, but it’s that last step now. We need to have the certainty that he’s ready to go.”
Jurrien Timber suffered a serious knee ligament injury on his Premier League debut (Getty Images)Timber can play anywhere across the back line and was seen as a perfect solution to play as an inverted left back stepping into midfield.
His performances in pre-season led Arsenal fans to thinking he would be a key member of the squad this season.
Now he is stepping up his recovery and could feature before the summer but Arteta has no doubt that the £40m player will be a key player in the long term.
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