The Arsenal Blog

Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger has good news ahead of the derby match against Tottenham Hotspur, as it seems that he won’t have to improvise a back line after all even though it seemed that way until a few days ago.

Koscielny’s injury against AC Milan and Gibbs’ fragility were worrying for the Frenchman who thought he’d be back in the situation where he would have to use several defenders out of their natural positions.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger regrets having lost the City game, because he knows that the club will have a much stronger team for the second half of the season. Wilshere and Diaby will be soon coming back according to Wenger, and several transfers will also be brought in.

“We hope to have (Jack) Wilshere and (Abou) Diaby back so in midfield we have the numbers required.

“But at the moment we are short at the back and if Gervinho and Chamakh go to the Africa Cup of Nations we are short up front more than midfield.”  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger assessed the injury problems within the team and offered an interview for Arsenal.com regarding them. The Frenchman still has a lot of injuries to worry about, but some of the players are almost ready to play once more for The Gunners.

Wenger expects some of the players to come back from injury in the following 2 weeks and spoke about each one of them:

“It is very good news. Diaby is coming back in full training now so he is 10 days away to be competitive to play. All being well he should be available for the Carling Cup or the game before.”  ...........Read more