I don't know when I will return to the DF of 30.3 billion won because I lost my glass body for only 6 minutes this season...When is Arsenal's atrocity going to end
Jan 05, 2025
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Japanese media Football Channel reported on the 5th that Coach Mikel Arteta mentioned his condition while news of the return of Arsenal's Japanese defender Takehiro Tomiyasu, who played only six minutes this season, was still far away.
"It's a long-term injury," Arteta said of Domíaz's condition. It remains to be seen how quickly we will be able to recover," he said, suggesting that there is still a long way to go before returning. Another defender, Ben White, who was on the operating table with such a knee injury, also said "We still need more time."
Arsenal are struggling to fight for the lead as the number of injuries has increased recently. Amid the growing cracks in the defense line, the problem of the two long-term injuries also seems to be playing a big role.
The pressure is bound to be a little greater for Tomiyasu.
Tomiyas, who left Bologna (Italy) just before the closing of the 2021 summer transfer window and wore an Arsenal jersey, seemed to expand his position by starting 20 of the 21 Premier League games in the 2021-2022 season. However, he made only six starts due to injuries the next season. Last season, he increased his playing time somewhat, but he was not free from chronic knee injury. In the end, injury problems arose from the time of the preseason this season, and there is no record of playing except for six minutes as a substitute against Southampton on October 5 last year.
The contract between Tomiyas and Arsenal expires at the end of this season. However, Arsenal reportedly have the option to extend their contract by one year.
Until now, Tomiyas has consistently received attention from the Italian Serie A team. The memory of performing well in Bologna for two seasons from 2019 was an asset. Top-ranked teams such as Inter Milan and Juventus have been steadily interested in Tomiyas. However, as he has been suffering from injury problems for several years, this interest seems to be gradually subsiding.
Arsenal invested 20 million euros (about 30.3 billion won) when bringing Domíaz from Bologna. He invested a considerable amount of money believing in his talent that can cover not only the center but also the side, but he used it properly in the first season after transfer. It is unclear whether Arsenal will trigger the option to extend the contract.
Due to this situation, the number of Japanese national team appointments seems to be decreasing. The last time Tomiyasu was listed on the Japanese national team led by coach Hajime Moriyasu was in the final match of the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup against Syria in June last year.
As a result, Arsenal's brutal history of Asian players is inevitably mentioned.
Junichi Inamoto, who played an active part in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, was the first Asian player to wear an Arsenal uniform, but he never played in a league game. Miyichi Ryo, who was called a "genius", played 17 minutes and Park Chu-young played 7 minutes. Takuma Asano also left Arsenal in the humiliation of his 0th appearance in the league.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
