Emile Smith-Rowe was a proper revelation for Arsenal last season. Mikel Arteta offered him an opportunity, and the young Englishman eagerly accepted it and scored 10 goals in the Premier League as an offensive midfielder. Bukayo Saka had one more, but excluding goals from outside the penalty spot, Smith-Rowe was the Gunners’ top scorer.However, the Spanish expert entered the new season with a new idea. First, at the end of July, he made Martin Odegaard the new captain of Arsenal, and then ‘nailed’ him in the starting line-up. Smith-Rowe not only lost the spot in the starting line-up, but since the start of the season he hardly felt the pitch – he came off the bench four times in the Premier League and collected only 47 minutes of football.Arsenal confirm Emile Smith Rowe underwent surgery on his groin and is expected to be out for at least two months pic.twitter.com/h1FMYDthru— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 29, 2022 The discomfort that Smith-Rowe has felt in the groin area in recent months has obviously contributed to this. It greatly limited the intensity with which the young Englishman approached training, and thus a bigger number of minutes.After the duel with Manchester United at the beginning of September, when he spent 16 minutes on the field, in consultation with specialists and discussions with the club’s medical team, Emile decided to undergo surgery in order to rehabilitate his groin injury. He was operated on a few days ago in London and has already started his rehabilitation.##NAJAVA_MECA_6677521##The club confirmed on its official website that the 22-year-old will return to training in December. This means that Smith-Rowe is certain to miss 13 matches (seven in the Premier League) until the start of the World Cup in Qatar, and could theoretically return for Boxing Day and the city derby against West Ham.
