Norway coach Stale Solbakken has words of reassurance for Arsenal supporters.

With Gunners captain Martin Odegaard on international duty, fans were concerned about him being called up despite not being fit enough to play

However, Solbakken has confirmed that Odegaard is still concussed and needs the international break to recover.

"We have known for quite some time that Martin will not come," he told reporters.

"But it must be coordinated with Arsenal, and for as long as they tried to get him healthy and ready, we were quite sure that it would not work.

"When the club is so reserved, I don't know how right it is for me to talk about it. It is a common football injury from which he will probably recover very well and which is not career-threatening. It is in the bone."