Summer signing Jurrien Timber suffered an ACL injury on his Premier League debut for Arsenal, but Mikel Arteta says the Dutchman is now settling in really well at London Colney.
“Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant,” he told the media in his pre-Brentford press conference on Friday morning.
“If you talk to anyone in that building, everybody that gets close to him [will tell you] he’s a really special guy. We were really impressed when we signed him.
“Sometimes, when you see the player live in your environment playing and training, we went ‘wow, we have an incredible player’.
“He’s had a big setback and a difficult moment to go through and he’s been really special in the way he has handled the situation, really special.”
Asked if we will see Timber back on the grass soon, Mikel added: “Well I hope so. He’s been for a few walks out on the field.
“He’s still a bit far from competing but he’s in a good place.”
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