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Arsenal Boss Arsene Wenger: Injury To Robin van Persie Is Serious
Wenger reckons the injury is serious...
16-Nov-2009 1:42:22 PM
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that the ankle injury suffered by Robin van Persie during Netherlands' goalless draw with Italy is serious.
The Dutchman had to be taken off early on in the game following a challenge from Giorgio Chiellini, and was replaced by Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
"The footage doesn't look that bad but the seriousness of the injury does seem to be," Wenger is quoted in The Sun as saying.
The 26-year-old is no stranger to injury, as he has had extended periods on the sidelines during his time in north London, following his switch from Feyenoord.
The striker sustained a broken toe in the FA Cup in 2006, a fractured metatarsal during the early part of 2007 that kept him out for the remainder of the season, and knee problems later that year.
Van Persie joins Nicklas Bendtner in the injury list, and faces up to six weeks on the sidelines.
Adithya Anath, Goal.com UK
The Dutchman had to be taken off early on in the game following a challenge from Giorgio Chiellini, and was replaced by Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
"The footage doesn't look that bad but the seriousness of the injury does seem to be," Wenger is quoted in The Sun as saying.
The 26-year-old is no stranger to injury, as he has had extended periods on the sidelines during his time in north London, following his switch from Feyenoord.
The striker sustained a broken toe in the FA Cup in 2006, a fractured metatarsal during the early part of 2007 that kept him out for the remainder of the season, and knee problems later that year.
Van Persie joins Nicklas Bendtner in the injury list, and faces up to six weeks on the sidelines.
Adithya Anath, Goal.com UK
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