Thursday, 21st January 2010

Arsenal have been dealt a blow to their defence with news that Kieran Gibbs will miss the rest of the season. The 20-year-old will require surgery to repair a depressed open fracture to his first metatarsal on his left foot, an injury he sustained in a Champions League match against Standard Liege in November.

"Needless to say I’m gutted – there’s just no other word,” Gibbs said in the club’s official website. “The other option than surgery would have been to wait and let the bone grow in my foot, but we didn’t want to do that because I’d have to wait another six weeks just to have another scan. I’d run the risk of it carrying on into next season, and we don’t want to do that."

With the London club going top after their impressive come-from-behind win against Bolton yesterday, Gibbs could face the prospect of missing out on the Gunners’ first Premier League title since the 2003/04 season.

 

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