Two Gunners Set to Miss Out

Arsene Wenger has declared that Emmanuel Adebeyor (pictured) and Robin Van Persie could miss Saturday’s Premier League clash against Liverpool at the Emirates.

“If you ask me for my gut feeling right now I would say no, Robin won’t play,” admitted Wenger on Arsenal TV. “At the moment it is 80 per cent no and 20 per cent yes. But he has had a scan this afternoon and he is better today than he was last night. That is positive for a muscle problem. But we’ll know much more about it on Friday morning.” he added.

“We also have Adebayor who has a little ankle problem. We’ll see how he is tomorrow.  I hope he’ll be OK. But the time is so short between the games it is very difficult to make a decision the morning after the game.”

“You don’t know if it is a bruise or a little twist and the first 24 hours doesn’t tell you a lot about that.  They will not be back for the Liverpool games. But Sagna is making good progress. Manchester United is the earliest for him.”

“We are trying everything we can to get him back for that game. But we’ll know more when he starts to run outside and he has not begun that.” added the Frenchman.