Arsenal suffered a big loss this past week, as Jack Wilshere is out for at least three months after undergoing ankle surgery and that leaves the Gunners shorthanded and now Arsene Wenger could look at transfer options, including Grzegorz Krychowiak and James McCarthy as potential targets.
According to Pro Soccer Talk, the England star injured his ankle while playing against Man United in the second half of the 2-1 defeat before last week and had surgery and now will be out for months. The 22 year old had surgery after suffering the injury, which happened as he was dribbling towards the Man United defense and was caught on a tackle from Paddy McNair and after that he had to leave the field. According to BBC.com, Arsenal is looking at Grzegorz Krychowiak, James McCarthy as transfer options, but not Petr Cech as some have reported.
Wilshere had been playing well this season and now Arsene Wenger and Arsenal may take a look at options at the January transfer window. Arsenal made the announcement about the surgery on their team website and confirmed that Wilshere will be out until at least February of 2015. Laurent Koscielny, Wojciech Szczesny, Mathieu Debuchy and Abou Diaby are all dealing with injuries and now the Gunners will have to find a way to pull through.
Arsenal comes into the weekend at eighth in the Premier League standings and they are coming in after a loss at home at Emirates Stadium to Manchester United. The team won over Dortmund at home in the Champions League and that could give the team a boost and now they face off against West Brom this weekend. The team then faces Southampton and they will also have Stoke City after that before heading into a matchup with Galatasaray.
Arsenal and Liverpool matchup in the EPL at Anfield and after that they play against QPR and then against West Ham before another game against Southampton. Last season the team finished in the top four to qualify for the UCL again and now Arsene Wenger is looking to get his team in top form heading into the back end of the year.