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The England manager Fabio Capello has given his England squad a complete shake-up, and has dropped half the players that he took to South Africa for the disastrous World Cup campaign.

He has added Theo Walcott, who was so upset about being left behind in June, but also the two Arsenal youngsters Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere have received their first ever call ups for their country. Both of them are over the moon at their unexpected selection, but Wilshere is keeping his feet on the ground, and admits that becoming a regular for Arsenal must remain his first target. .......Read the full article here

Well it looks like Arsene Wenger is sticking to his guns, and bringing more youngsters through rather than buying ready-made replacements, but the Arsenal manager will be certainly heartened by the reduction in last seasons big injury list.

Robin Van Persie missed most of the year, and he has now played through to the World Cup Final with his country, so looks fully recovered from his ankle problem. .......Read the full article here

Manchester City travel to the Emirates in an attempt to win their first away game at Arsenal for 35 years, and are expected to have four ex-Gunners in the squad. Vieira, Toure and Sylvinho will be welcomed back but Emmanuel Adebayor is likely to get a roasting from the Arsenal fans after his antics in the return match earlier this season.

Man City are also expecting Micah Richards to return to the strongest squad to visit Arsenal in generations. .......Read the full article here

With all the trauma of the last few weeks, Arsenal have finally got some excellent news regarding the injury crisis. With defenders at a premium right now, Arsene Wenger will be ecstatic that Johan Djourou and Kieran Gibbs will be able to join the team for training immediately, and Robin Van Persie will be right behind them

The Arsenal physiotherapist Colin Lewin said today: “Johan Djourou had a difficult problem with the cartilage in his knee joint. He has made virtually a full recovery and we expect him to train fully with the squad within the next fortnight, as will Kieran Gibbs. They have both made full recoveries from what could have been career-threatening injuries.” .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal defender Armand Traore has become more depply immersed in the Muslim way of life and believes it has helped him in his life and his career.

He has decided to have an operation to remove his tattoos next summer as his Muslim faith forbids them.

“I am going under the knife at the end of the season to remove the tattoos,” he said..

“I’m planning to do it in the summer. They put me under anesthetic and then do it all, and when I wake up everything will be gone. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger saw William Gallas and Andrei Arshavin injure each other when jumping for a cross from Cesc Fabregas last night, and he feared the worst, but after analyzing the injuries he has concluded they should both be okay to face Chelsea on Sunday.

But poor Kieran Gibbs is definitely out for at least three months after he suffered a broken metatarsal last night.

It was feared last week that had suffered the same problem, but now scans have confirmed it as a certainty.

“Gibbs has a big hole in his leg,” Wenger said after the game. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could not hide his relief when he was asked about the injuries to both Kieran Gibbs and Robin Van Persie, and is now not so pessimistic about the usual injury hoodoo that arrives in November.

“We knew that when Robin came out with this injury, that he would be out for a long time,” Wenger said.

“But frankly I feared it would be more because the first news was very, very bad. So it was a relief that he would be out for six weeks. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has had an awful week where the bad news seemed to be popping up every day, but now the clouds have broken and there is some sunshine around again at last!

When the young defender Kieran Gibbs was pulled off the pitch during the England U21 match on Tuesday it was feared that he had suffered the dreaded broken metatarsal which only seems to affect English internationals, but new tests have revealed that it is not broken after all, and Gibbs WILL be available to face Chelsea next weekend. .......Read the full article here

With Arsene Wenger waiting for the bad news regarding the extent of Kieran Gibbs injury, it seems certain that Mikael Silvestre, who has only played twice for the Arsenal first team this season, will be entrusted with covering for Gibbs.

Wenger is more likely to pluck for experience over the youthful Armand Traore for such an important game, but It is possible that Traore may get a couple of chances in such a busy period.

Wenger said last month about Traore: “He can be a big surprise because he has improved a lot,” .......Read the full article here

More bad news has arrived for Arsenal from the international break as Kieran Gibbs limped off the field during the England U21 match against Lithuania.

Gibbs was only on the field for 20 minutes before he was taken off with a suspected broken foot.

It was deemed bad enough for him to have left the stadium on crutches after the game, and Arsene Wenger will be waiting anxiously for the results of todays x-rays to find out bad it is.

A dreaded metatarsal is the expected prognosis, and as Wenger already has Gael Clichy out for the next three weeks with his back problem, Wenger must be cursing the November injury jinx. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal legend Ray Parlour believes that Kieran Gibbs will follow in Theo Walcott’s footsteps and get called up for the World Cup in South Africa this summer.

“He has the talent,”

“I have watched him loads of times. He has great pace. He can tackle and he gets forward well.”

“If he gets a run of games now for Arsenal and does well, I am sure Capello will look at him.”

“Someone always comes from nowhere. It was Theo Walcott last time. I have a feeling Kieran will be the one this season.” .......Read the full article here

The young Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs has just been promised an extended run in the Arsenal first team, due to a small fracture to Gael Clichy’s back, but he is keeping his feet on the ground and admits that he hasn’t done anything to earn a place in Fabio Capello’s World Cup squad yet.

“At the moment I don’t really deserve to get a World Cup call because I have nowhere near the experience that a lot of the players do,” Gibbs said. .......Read the full article here