{"id":306401,"date":"2025-10-15T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/306401\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:53:10","slug":"arsenal-star-has-already-realised-his-mistake-signing-for-arteta-what-did-he-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/306401\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal star has already realised his mistake signing for Arteta \u2013 what did he expect?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We don\u2019t doubt that Mikel Arteta, football obsessive that he is, was indeed \u201cat home watching\u201d Christian Norgaard\u2019s performances for Denmark. Our guess is he\u2019s watched every minute played by every Gunners player across the international break.<\/p>\n

But if the \u00a315m summer signing is already voicing concerns over his lack of game time at the Emirates, he is absolutely right to already be considering the possibility that he and Arsenal \u201cwasn\u2019t the right match\u201d.<\/p>\n

Not one single person, aside from Norgaard<\/a><\/strong> apparently, would have expected the midfielder to play more than a minor role at Arsenal. No Premier League minutes whatsoever so far does feel brutally bit-part, but his only start coming in the League Cup victory over Port Vale is exactly what the vast majority would have predicted following the move from Brentford.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important for me to get these minutes to show the club that I can get through these games,\u201d Norgaard said after starting Denmark\u2019s 3-1 win over Greece on Sunday<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think now, considering how few minutes I\u2019ve played with\u00a0Arsenal, there were no flaws, no cramps or anything. Hopefully the coach is at home watching to see that I can handle it physically.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he was ready for more minutes at Arsenal, Norgaard replied: \u201cI hope so but time will tell. We have many talented players<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy I\u2019m playing against [Martin Zubimendi] is struggling [said jokingly]! He played for Spain the other day in Denmark and did excellently. There are many matches and I hope, of course, it will be rotated a bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have both the\u00a0Carabao Cup\u00a0and the\u00a0Champions League, as well as the\u00a0Premier League, so, of course, I hope he also looks my way so that I am in an better position for the next international matches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Signed after Zubimendi had arrived from Real Sociedad, Norgaard\u2019s frustration over his lack of minutes does make you wonder what he was thinking would happen this season.<\/p>\n

While the rest of us understood his duties and assumed the emotion he showed when seeing his son in an Arsenal kit upon his unveiling was down to the transfer in itself being the prize for the hard work and dedication he had put into his career, Norgaard clearly expects more than a cheerleader role.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s set to be disappointed. Arteta isn\u2019t one for rotating his most important players and Zubimendi has become one of those untouchables already. After three second-placed finishes, now finally seen as title favourites, Arteta\u2019s not about to field weakened sides in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Arsenal evolution into title favourites summed up by table which has shock club bottom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Norgaard\u2019s only hope is deep runs in the cup competitions and such excellence in the Premier League and Champions League to bring about dead rubbers down the line. Again, this shouldn\u2019t be news to him.<\/p>\n

Speaking last week, Norgaard said: \u201cI can guarantee that Arsenal will be my last club abroad. I still want to return to Brondby when my contract at Arsenal expires. My contract is two years with an option for a further year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would be happy to stay at Arsenal for the extra year if things develop in that direction. If it turns out that it wasn\u2019t the right match, we\u2019ll go home to Denmark after two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two years it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t doubt that Mikel Arteta, football obsessive that he is, was indeed \u201cat home watching\u201d Christian Norgaard\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":306402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[5407,12446,9654,204,13721,50,221,62,9656,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-306401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-christian-norgaard","10":"tag-f365-says","11":"tag-front-page","12":"tag-mikel-arteta","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uncategorized","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115380407876946697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}