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Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby's injury curse has struck AGAIN.
The luckless France midfielder has been ruled out of their World Cup qualifier with Belarus on Tuesday, and is also a doubt for Saturday's meeting between the Gunners and Southampton.
Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps revealed that Diaby took a kick against Finland on Friday, now has a muscle strain and will not be risked.
Deschamps said: "He felt a bit of muscle pain in training. He knows his body well, all the players do, but maybe he knows his a little bit more given all the problems he's had before.
"He's not moving freely in his body. Before you envisage going out on the pitch, it's better not to have any worries when you're on the massage table."
Diaby played only five games last season - two in November, one in early March and two in mid-April - as he battled a variety of injuries, but had started the Gunners' first three games of the new campaign.
Arsenal are, however, set for an injury boost.
Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is set to return to full training and could be back within two weeks.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-again-1317878
The luckless France midfielder has been ruled out of their World Cup qualifier with Belarus on Tuesday, and is also a doubt for Saturday's meeting between the Gunners and Southampton.
Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps revealed that Diaby took a kick against Finland on Friday, now has a muscle strain and will not be risked.
Deschamps said: "He felt a bit of muscle pain in training. He knows his body well, all the players do, but maybe he knows his a little bit more given all the problems he's had before.
"He's not moving freely in his body. Before you envisage going out on the pitch, it's better not to have any worries when you're on the massage table."
Diaby played only five games last season - two in November, one in early March and two in mid-April - as he battled a variety of injuries, but had started the Gunners' first three games of the new campaign.
Arsenal are, however, set for an injury boost.
Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is set to return to full training and could be back within two weeks.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-again-1317878
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