Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Jack Wilshere has suffered a hairline crack to his left fibula and could miss up to eight weeks of the new season.
It means the Gunners star will be missing through injury for part of a fifth successive season and comes just days after Wenger had suggested Wilshere needed to prove himself by staying in the team for a prolonged period.
Wilshere sustained his latest injury in what Wenger confirmed was an accidental collision in training on Saturday.
Wenger had previously suggested it would force the 23-year-old out only for a matter of days. Test results have now revealed the prognosis to be worse than first thought.
The Emirates boss responded after widespread speculation that Wilshere had suffered another injury setback.
“The information you have heard about Jack Wilshere is right,” Wenger told Arsenal.com.
“I had a bad surprise because it is a hairline crack in his fibula that makes him a few weeks out.”
The Frenchman was still, however, at pains to ease fears Wilshere is going to out for another prolonged spell.
“There is minimal damage apart from the bone damage – there is no damage at all apart from that. It was a collision in training and it was all completely accidental,” he said.
Wilshere missed five months of last season following an injury sustained in a home defeat to Manchester United in November. He returned for the final six games of the campaign, showing glimpses of the form Wenger knows he is capable of.
Arsenal are 4.50 to win the Premier League next season while the Gunners are 1.25 to defeat West Ham in Sunday’s opener at the Emirates.
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