However, it remains to be seen whether he will be taking up the position for Tuesday night’s crucial Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb.
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Not only was there a 2-1 defeat to West Brom which lost Arsenal a share of the Premier League lead, but the club’s already concerning injury crisis took a further turn for the worse.
However, Wenger confirmed Aaron Ramsey, who has returned to training after a hamstring problem, will be available for the Zagreb game, although he may not be risked from the start. We have to come back quickly and focus. “I’m cautious as we had so many bad surprises on scans that I do not want to speculate more than that”, Wenger who has “not completely decided” whether to risk Ramsey for the first time since the October 20 win against Bayern Munich, told reporters on Monday.
“It is a big blow today for us as if the game reflects the result then okay but when you drop points when you have come out of a game and think you have not done the maximum to produce you can not be happy”. But now we have Ramsey and for the weekend Oxlade-Chamberlain will be back as well.
Wenger says he could base his decisions in the transfer market on the severity of Coquelin’s injury, but concedes that it is a hard time to sign top players.
Wenger’s squad will be down to its bare bones on Tuesday after Coquelin and Arteta both limped off at the Hawthorns with respective knee and calf injuries. I don’t know how severe that is.
This was just Albion’s second home league win of the season, but it lifted them to 12th and eight points above the bottom three.
The defender said: “The criticism from the media and fans can be a bit negative”. If anyone could “do a Coquelin” this season and make the grade from Championship loanee to regular starter, the former Barcelona academy player would be high up the list.
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Dinamo midfielder Arijan Ademi has been banned for four years by UEFA after failing a doping control after the victory in September, but no action has been taken against the Croatian team. “It’s as simple as that”.
