• Arsène Wenger says injury suffered against Barcelona is ‘fairly serious’
• Manager adds the winger was ‘cut in two’ by Javier MascheranoArsène Wenger has said that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss up to seven weeks of Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge as a result of the “fairly serious” knee injury that forced the England player to limp out of Tuesday’s Champions League defeat by Barcelona.
Wenger suggested that the injury did not appear severe enough to rule the midfielder out of this summer’s European Championship but admitted that club and country were waiting anxiously on the results of a scan. A seven-week absence would sideline Oxlade-Chamberlain until mid-April and allow him a month of competitive action to prove his readiness for the Euros.
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Source: theguardian.com