Since Tomiyasu signed from Bologna for around £16m in August 2021, he has made just 50 starts in all competitions, and just 17 Prem starts since the 2022/23 campaign.
TAKEHIRO TOMIYASU is battling to play again in 2025 as his Arsenal injury hell continues, admitting: “It has been the toughest period of my career”.
But he has failed to make a single appearance since, his last start coming on the final day of last season in a 2-1 victory over Everton on May 19, in which he scored and played the whole game.
With Arsenal confirming in a statement the player’s current rehab programme is “expected to be completed towards the end of this year”, it could now be over 12 months between his next appearance and his last.
The Japanese defender has been ruled out for the rest of the season following knee surgery this week in the hope of finally correcting an issue that has troubled him since last summer.
