You couldn’t make it up. Well actually, you really could make it up. And you don’t even need to, for Arsenal’s injury jinx strikes yet again.
A week ago, Arsene Wenger was hopeful that Jack Wilshere could return from a fractured ankle in time to face Stoke City. Then on Thursday we got the inevitable news that Wilshere had suffered a slight setback in his recovery.
“I have not seen Jack Wilshere in the last two or three days,” Wenger said. “He is progressing slowly and I can’t tell you much more about it. I will talk with my medical staff today. It is slower than expected as I expected him to be back and available after the break but unfortunately he will not be available for Saturday.
“He had a little setback and I have to know about it but I can’t tell you much more as I have no medical information.”
In a classic case of Arsenal being Arsenal, that “little setback” has now snowballed. It has been revealed that Wilshere will require surgery on a hairline fracture in his left fibula.
The Evening Standard claim that Wilshere could now be out until Christmas but, without a full pre-season, there must be serious doubts about his likelihood of making Euro 2016. Poor Jack.
Here is Wilshere’s full injury list since 2010. It makes for un-sexy reading:
Jack Wilshere Injury List
– January 2010: Left hamstring
– November 2010: Back
– August 2011: Right ankle
– February 2012: Right foot
– October 2012: Right ankle
– February 2013: Left thigh
– March 2013: Left ankle
– May 2013: Left ankle
– July 2013: Illness
– August 2013: Right ankle
– September 2013: Right ankle
– October 2013: Right ankle
– November 2013: Left ankle
– December 2013: left ankle
– January 2014: Right ankle
– February 2014:Left hamstring
– March 2014: Left foot
– October 2014: Left knee
– November 2014: Left calk
– November 2014: Left ankle
– August 2015: Left leg
– September 2015: Left leg
