Arsenal duo Mesut Ozil and Laurent Koscielny are major injury doubts for Wednesday's Premier League game against Chelsea while Sead Kolasinac has been ruled out for a fortnight with an ankle problem.
Ozil missed Sunday’s 1-1 draw at West Brom with a minor knee concern and is expected to undergo a fitness test at the club’s London Colney training base on Tuesday, while Koscielny is rated at “30-70” by manager Arsene Wenger as he struggles with a longstanding inflammation of his Achilles.
Arsenal are already without Nacho Monreal (ankle), Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud (both hamstring) in addition to long-term absentee Santi Cazorla and Wenger said: “At the moment our injury list is quite long, because we lost Kolasinac in the game [at West Brom] and Koscielny. We had already Monreal, Giroud, Ramsey, Ozil [out]. Who will be available tomorrow?
“The two who have a little chance are Ozil, who might have a test this morning - but he hasn’t been out at all since Crystal Palace, so I don’t know. [With] Koscielny, yesterday the medical staff were pessimistic about him.
“Kolasinac is out completely for at least two weeks. Koscielny is 30 per cent available, 70 per cent not.”
The situation is not yet sufficient to force Arsenal into the transfer market although Wenger reiterated that the club will look to be active this month.
