Mikel Arteta was constantly on the phone to Gabriel Martinelli as he recovered from his injury nightmare the Brazilian has revealed.
The young striker was a revelation in his first year at the Emirates having been signed for a bargain £6m from Ituano. But his impressive debut season ended on a sour note as he sustained an injury in training.
Despite initially thinking little of it, quickly it became apparent that something serious had occured. The physical rehabilitation has taken months but the mental side of it has been equally as tough with Martinelli admitting it "broke me". “I was about to receive the ball and felt a little pain on my knee,” he told the . "Not enough for me to stop practising, but, while we were on the finishing
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