Yaya Sanogo makes Arsenal's Champions League squad while Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker return after recovering from injury
- Arsenal have submitted their Champions League squad for the knockout stages
- Yaya Sanogo is a surprise inclusion in Arsene Wenger's European squad
- Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker make squad after recovering from injury
- Right-back Carl Jenkinson is axed after failing to secure move from Arsenal
- Arsenal news: February a crucial month for the Gunners
Arsenal have submitted their Champions League squad for the knockout stages and to much surprise, striker Yaya Sanogo has made the cut.
Sanogo hasn't played a competitive fixture since April last year due to injury, when he was on loan for Charlton, but Arsene Wenger has added him to the squad.
Speaking after Arsenal's EFL Cup defeat by Southampton at the end of November, Wenger says he couldn't explain Sanogo's latest injury as the details were 'confidential'.
French striker Yaya Sanogo has been named in Arsenal's Champions League squad
The 24-year-old striker is a surprise inclusion in Arsenal's squad for the knockout stages
'He had a real medical problem that I cannot explain to you here because it is a confidential problem,' Wenger told the Daily Mirror.
He continued: '[It is] not a secret problem, but it is medical, I cannot speak about that.
'He has no life-threatening problem but he had a long-term injury, and I am not specialised enough to explain to you exactly what it is in his calf. But we had to rest him completely.'
Meanwhile, Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker have returned to the club's squad for their European adventures after recovering from their respective injuries to replace both Carl Jenkinson and Krystian Bielik.
Welbeck and club captain Mertesacker missed out on the squad for the group stages as the Arsenal duo were on the sidelines with serious knee injuries.
Per Mertesacker and Danny Welbeck have been included in Arsene Wenger's squad
Right-back Carl Jenkinson has failed to make the cut for the Champions League squad
Despite his long-term absence from Arsenal's squad due to an achilles injury, playmaker Santi Cazorla has been named in the team.
Mathieu Debuchy has also made the cut instead of fellow right-back Jenkinson after the 24-year-old failed to make a move away from the Emirates Stadium.
Talented youngster Reiss Nelson, prolific striker Eddie Nketiah and goalkeeper Ryan Huddart are among the List-B names included in the squad.
Arsenal's Champions League campaign resumes on February 15 when Arsene Wenger's side face European giants Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in their last 16 first-leg clash.
Carlo Ancelotti's side then travel to the Emirates Stadium for the second-leg fixture on March 7.
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