Eduardo ruled out for three weeks
By Richard Clarke
Eduardo may have played his last game for Arsenal this season.
The Croatian, who only came back in January from almost a year out with a broken leg, suffered a groin injury in the Champions League Semi-Final first leg at Manchester United on Wednesday. At his press conference on Friday, manager Arsène Wenger said the Croatian will be out for three weeks. Given that Arsenal's season will end on May 27 at the latest, it seems highly unlikely he will play again this term.
Wenger also confirmed Mikael Silvestre (groin) will miss Saturday's game at Portsmouth and the return tie with Manchester United on Tuesday. Robin van Persie (groin) is out for the Fratton Park game and the manager will make a very late call over the Champions League tie. Gael Clichy (back) is sidelined for both matches.
"Eduardo has a groin problem and Silvestre as well," said Wenger.
"Eduardo is ruled out for three weeks and Silvestre we don't know. But he will be short for Tuesday. Clichy is out of it and Van Persie we will assess very late, Tuesday morning or afternoon. I don't know his chances.
"If he is 100 per cent fit he has a very good chance. If he is not he will not play in a game of that stature, that is for sure."
Andrey Arshavin returns to the Arsenal squad on Saturday having been ineligible for the game at Old Trafford in midweek.
Wenger - Eduardo unluckiest player I've met
By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger says he has never known anyone as unlucky with injuries as Eduardo.
The Arsenal manager admits his Croatian striker is ruled out for the season after collecting a groin problem in bizarre fashion when Rio Ferdinand fell on him during Wednesday's Champions League tie at Old Trafford. Of course, the 25-year-old only came back to the side in January having spent almost a year on sidelines following that horrific leg break at Birmingham the season before.
He returned dramatically with two goals in his comeback game against Cardiff. However towards the end of that match, he collected a groin injury. The problem has dogged him since, restricting him to one start and two further appearances off the bench.
"He is really distraught," said Wenger at his press conference on Friday. "We have had a few players who have been down [through injuries] but this time I think it has affected him a lot.
"The season is over for him, he'll be out for three weeks. It's the first of May today, it is hard to come back to football competitiveness three weeks afterwards. Maybe if Croatia plays in June he has a chance."
Wenger was asked if he had ever known a player as unlucky with injuries.
"No," he replied. "It looks like since he's come back just every single thing that can happen has happened to him.
"We watched the incident on Tuesday carefully again on the slow motion and he has absolutely no chance to escape. He is on the ground and Rio Ferdinand falls on him with the knee on his groin and you see the groin going.
"He turns his body completely but he has no chance to escape. It's just a bad coincidence.
"Before his groin injury was compensation, but this time it was purely accidental."
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