Martin Ødegaard will not play in Norway's Nations League matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan due to the ankle injury he suffered on Sept. 9.

Odegaard returned to action with the Gunners last week and started Sunday's 1-1 draw at Chelsea. "After discussions with the medical staff at the national team, we have unfortunately concluded that the situation is not good enough to play these matches,

Arsenal will be hoping that several fitness concerns begin to ease over the course of the November international break. Mikel Arteta has been forced to deal with several injury concerns across the first 11 matches of the Premier League season,

Norway have confirmed that Martin Odegaard will return to Arsenal during the international break to continue rehabilitation on his ankle injury. Odegaard injured his ankle ligaments during the September international break and returned from an eight-week absence as a late substitute in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Inter in the Champions League last Wednesday.