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| Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out until after the international break |
ARSENE WENGER has confirmed Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out for Arsenal until after the international break with injury.
The pair were both forced off in the first half of their 3-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday and after the match, Wenger was despondent about the injuries.
The Gunners face a pivotal week in their season with games against Swansea, Bayern Munich and the north London derby versus Spurs coming up.
And Wenger revealed he will be without Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, David Ospina and Mikel Arteta until after the international break.
On his two England stars, Wenger said: "Nothing has changed since after the game. They are out but the scans are today - it's 48 hours afterwards.
"We hope they are light injuries, but they are out until after the international break."
With Arsenal's right sided options severely depleted, Wenger named two players who could fill in.
"Joel Campbell and Alex Iwobi," he added.
"Santi can play there as well but he has become very important centrally. The problem sometimes is that you can destroy two departments if you move one player out.
"We control the ball better with Santi in the middle."
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