The main conversation point this week has been around Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes picking up an injury whilst playing for Brazil in their friendly match against Senegal.
As he moved around the edge of the Emirates Stadium field in front of a full house, the center back seemed to be in a lot of discomfort.
Reports that the defender had trained apart from his teammates on Friday due to worries about handling his workload prior to the game appeared during the game.
It makes sense that Arsenal supporters reacted strongly to this situation.
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The Mirror’s chief football writer John Cross and Arsenal reporter Tom Canton covered a wide range of subjects in the publication’s inaugural edition of Seeing Red. However, Gabriel’s situation was definitely the primary emphasis.
Canton direct and passionate in his response on Gabriel’s injury.
He stated that it would be reasonable to suggest that losing the defender, possibly, from the North London Derby represents an inexcusable, preventable consequence from what was merely a friendly in its most basic form.
“So journalist hat off, fan hat on: I’m apoplectic, about this,” Canton said. “Because, from my point of view, if there’s knowledge and understanding that there’s any level of concern [about an injury], and this isn’t a competitive fixture – which obviously it wasn’t – that they shouldn’t be risked.
“And also, there’s this argument as well with Brazil, with it being a World Cup year, that you want to protect your best assets and for me, Gabriel is, is their best defender in their squad.
“You know, they’ve got some talented players, absolutely and Marquinhos next to him is another brilliant player, but the form Gabriel has been in the last couple of seasons in particular has been massive.”
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