Jurrien Timber has given Arsenal fans hope by suggesting that he’ll be ‘back soon’ after suffering an injury during his Premier League debut.

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Five minutes into the second half, the Dutch defender—whom Arsenal acquired from Ajax in a deal worth £38 million last month—limped out with what appeared to be a calf injury. This appeared to have occurred during Arsenal’s tense 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest.

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After the game, manager Mikel Arteta admitted that he was “worried” about the severity of Timber’s injury, but the 22-year-old player himself seems to have allayed concerns about a protracted recovery.

In a celebratory Instagram post, Timber wrote: “A win to begin,” alongside emojis which read ‘back soon’. Fans in the comments section pleaded for him to give a timescale on his absence, but Arteta has already explained that the Netherlands international will firstly need to be assessed by Arsenal’s medical staff.

“I need to speak with the doctors and understand what happened, but he had a really weird movement as soon as he came on the pitch,” the Gunners boss told talkSPORT. “So, I don’t know.”

Arteta had received criticism for not taking Timber off at half-time, a decision which the Arsenal manager defended during his post-match press conference. “The doctors looked at him and they were happy for him to continue, he was as well,” Arteta explained.

“Straight away in the first action of the second half he made a movement and it was a bit funny. We took him out straight after and now we have to assess him and see what he has.”

Despite Taiwo Awoniyi’s late consolation goal, Arsenal’s league campaign got off to a winning start thanks to goals from Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka, so at least the Gunners can be happy with three points. There is no question that we deserved to win the game because we were so dominant, according to Arteta.