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Ahead of this weekends game against Burnley, Arsene Wenger has admitted there are mixed fortunes on the injury front.

It looks like a simple game on paper, given Burnley’s away form this season, but Wenger would prefer to have his best players available to keep Arsenal’s title push on track.

The good news is that Andrei Arshavin should have been rested enough by now, and is practically certain to be in the squad, and (maybe not such good news for some Arsenal fans), Denilson will also be back in contention. Read the full article here

It has been revealed today that Abou Diaby is the latest player from Arsenal to be ruled out of the Sunderland game this weekend.

He seemed okay after the game last night, but Arsene Wenger revealed today: “We lost Abou Diaby last night. It is not understandable. I don’t know how it worked. But he has a medial knee ligament injury.

“We discovered it today. He came in today and he had pain in his knee.

“However Song could be available, we have a test tomorrow on him. Read the full article here

The Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin today admitted that he had talked to Cesc Fabregas about his rumoured move to Barcelona. The Rusian maestro also says that he told him that he wanted him to stay at the Emirates for at least another year but that the final decision must rest with his captain.

”If he goes to Barcelona, I will understand his choice. But as an Arsenal player, I really don’t want this to happen,” Arshavin said.

”I remember when there were rumours of his departure last summer, I told him half-jokingly, half seriously: ‘Stay at least a year or two, I want to play with you.’ Read the full article here

Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Liverpool last night was a tight hard-fought game, and after such an intense couple of weeks it is perhaps a surprise that Arsenal have come through it without sustaining more new injuries.

Last night Andrei Arshavin had to be replaced by Theo Walcott with a suspected torn hamstring, and Samir Nasri was brought off after being concussed in the first half.

Arsene Wenger doesn’t seem concerned with Nasri’s problem, but Arshavin’s injury needs to be investigsted today. Read the full article here

The Arsenal striker Andrei Arshavin has admitted he is pain every time he kicks the ball, but is willing to play through the pain barrier if he can help his team to beat Man Utd at the Emirates today.

The Russian maestro said: “With my knock at the moment I am trying my best but after each kick I am feeling pain.

“It is not a serious injury. I am still training and if it is at all possible for me to play against United then I will.” Read the full article here

After the FA Cup win over West Ham, the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger defended his need to give some first team players a rest, but he also admitted that there were even more injuries to take into consideration.

He was asked if he may have to carry on playing his reserves in the following rounds of the FA Cup, considering that Stoke are Arsenal’s next opponents.

He replied: “It depends how many players return from injury. Today Andrey Arshavin, Denilson, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott were out and then there are players at the back who are out. Arshavin should be available for Wednesday but today he had a foot problem. Read the full article here

The Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin has been giving his usual forthright answers to the press when asked about his life at Arsenal, but this time he hasn’t said anything that will upset Arsene Wenger!

In fact he gives him great praise, and also had something nice to say about the fans.

He said: “Arsene gave me freedom, he requires of me to play as I see on the pitch. I am happy, I sometimes think the fans like me more than my wife does.”

This is Arshavin’s first UK Christmas, and he can’t believe the way that everything stops in London when the temperature drops. Read the full article here

The Arsenal and Russia star is sure that Arsene Wenger has made an excellent team, but they are just not tall enough or strong enough to compete with Chelsea, and he wants Wenger to do something about it!

“The fact that we have lost against our direct rivals this season signifies that we are not very good,” he said.

“We are not very good on set pieces because we don’t have many tall players – every other team has an advantage over us in this area. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that he didn’t play Andrei Arshavin from the start of the losing game against Sunderland because of his depressed state.

Arshavin’s country, Russia, had been beaten 1-0 by Slovenia to consign them to the also-rans in next summers tournament, and Arshavin admitted that he had told Wenger “I don’t want to play football.”

But Wenger says the diminutive star will get over it.

“He is very down,” explained Wenger. “He came back from Slovenia very down and that’s the main reason I did not play him from the start against Sunderland. Read the full article here

The Arsenal and Russia midfielder Andrei Arshavin has admitted that he is depressed after Russia failed to beat Slovenia in the World Cup Play-offs, and says that he is finding it hard to concentrate on the domestic competitions.

In an interview with the Russian Sport Express newspaper Arshavin said: “People close to me tell me that I need to forget what happened as soon as possible and turn my attention to club business, to the Champions League,”

“But that’s easier said than done.”

“When Arsene Wegner asked me how I was, I admitted that I simply don’t want to play football,” Arshavin said. Read the full article here