Ahead of Arsenal's opening league match of the season on Friday,
against Leicester City, Arsene Wenger spoke to the media on the state
of his squad.
Alexis Sanchez is now expected to miss the match, because of an
abdominal injury he picked up in training, while Aaron Ramsey and
Mesut Ozil remain strong doubts for the match after they sat out the
Community Shield because of injury.
"He has a little abdominal strain,"
The Frenchman said
"He caught it on Sunday morning before coming to Wembley. He had a
scan two days ago and he's out for a while. I don't know if it's for
two weeks or one more week. I think he will not play at Stoke [on 19
August].
"Always for us, Alexis Sanchez, is a loss. We have the other players
prepared in pre-season and it can happen. I don't think I would have
included him on Friday night, I wouldn't have started him.
"He's been focused. Of course, when you have treatment on the medical
bench, it's not easy."
Arsene Wenger is now expected to retain the same squad that featured
against Chelsea on Sunday if either of Aaron Ramsey or Mesut Ozil fail
to recover before Friday.
Already Laurent Koscienly will not feature as he is suspended, Gabriel
and Francis Coquelin are out with knee and ankle injuries
respectively.
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