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Wenger paints bleak picture for injured Arsenal defender Mertesacker

Submitted by Dave Williams on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 16:31

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger expects central defender Per Mertesacker to be absent for for a month after the German was carried off against Sunderland with an ankle injury.

The 27-year-old has returned to Germany to have his ankle assessed.

Wenger said: "He had a reconstruction of his ankle in Germany before he joined us and the scan didn't look to positive yesterday [Monday].

"He went back to Germany to consult the specialist to see where we go from there and he is supposed to contact me this afternoon to tell me exactly what the specialist told him.

"Certainly in the next month he will not be with us."

 

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