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Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere suffers injury setback and 'could be out for the season'
Reports suggest the 20-year-old could be ruled out for the remainder of the campaign, coming as a major blow to the Gunners' Champions League hopes and England's Euro 2012 chances
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27 Jan 2012 12:40:00
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Arsenal's Jack Wilshere has suffered an injury setback on his road to recovery with reports suggesting he could be ruled out for the season.
The Gunners midfielder has missed the entire campaign so far with a stress fracture of his ankle but this latest blow has come just as he was set to rejoin first-team training.
Arsene Wenger confirmed in Friday's press conference that Wilshere had suffered a further setback but the timescale for his latest rehabilitation period was not known.
Wenger said: "He has had a little setback that is under investigation at the moment so I cannot give you how long he will be out for.
"At the moment he is seeing a specialist and as soon as we know more we will communicate. It sets him back a little bit but for how long I don't know.
"It is the same foot but a different problem to the injury he had surgery on back in September.
"But is it an inflammation? We have to wait a little bit."
However, according to reports in The Guardian there are fears he could miss the entire campaign, which would come not only as a blow to the Gunners Champions League hopes, but would also be a concern to England boss Fabio Capello ahead of this summmer's Euro 2012 tournament.
Wenger also discussed current refereeing initiatives to clamp down on two-footed challenges, with the Frenchman suggesting that it is too simplistic to send off every player who uses their second leg when tackling.
“I feel at the moment [players] are punished more for frontal challenges, rather than those from behind. I don’t know why,” he added.
“I would prefer that [referees show a] red card [for] the bad tackles and not the good challenges as sometimes the second leg has to follow if you go down. It depends where you put the second leg.
“It is too simplified to sum it up like that [and ban all challenges].”
The Gunners midfielder has missed the entire campaign so far with a stress fracture of his ankle but this latest blow has come just as he was set to rejoin first-team training.
Arsene Wenger confirmed in Friday's press conference that Wilshere had suffered a further setback but the timescale for his latest rehabilitation period was not known.
Wenger said: "He has had a little setback that is under investigation at the moment so I cannot give you how long he will be out for.
"At the moment he is seeing a specialist and as soon as we know more we will communicate. It sets him back a little bit but for how long I don't know.
"It is the same foot but a different problem to the injury he had surgery on back in September.
"But is it an inflammation? We have to wait a little bit."
However, according to reports in The Guardian there are fears he could miss the entire campaign, which would come not only as a blow to the Gunners Champions League hopes, but would also be a concern to England boss Fabio Capello ahead of this summmer's Euro 2012 tournament.
Wenger also discussed current refereeing initiatives to clamp down on two-footed challenges, with the Frenchman suggesting that it is too simplistic to send off every player who uses their second leg when tackling.
“I feel at the moment [players] are punished more for frontal challenges, rather than those from behind. I don’t know why,” he added.
“I would prefer that [referees show a] red card [for] the bad tackles and not the good challenges as sometimes the second leg has to follow if you go down. It depends where you put the second leg.
“It is too simplified to sum it up like that [and ban all challenges].”
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