Arsenal News: Oxlade-Chamberlain's injury setback, Sanchez needs break, Monreal revelation

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has suffered an injury setback

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has suffered a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury, ruling him out of Arsenal's Premier League clash with West Brom.

The England forward, who suffered the injury in the Capital One Cup loss to Sheffield Wednesday, is also expected to miss the Champions League tie with Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

Aaron Ramsey, who has been absent since the October 20 win over Bayern Munich, will also miss Saturday's clash with West Brom but the Welsh star is likely to be fit to face Dinamo. 

Theo Walcott, who injured a calf in the same game as Oxlade-Chamberlain, is still continuing his rehabilitation.

 

Arsene Wenger believes Alexis Sanchez needs a rest and is expected to be give the Chilean a mid-season break as soon as Arsenal’s injury crisis clears. 

The forward did not return from Chile’s World Cup qualifying defeat in Uruguay until Thursday night, meaning he has had little turnaround before Saturday’s visit to West Brom.

Wenger said: “I am worried because before he went away with Chile he was a bit jaded. But if I ask him ‘are you tired?’ you can guess the answer.

“At some point I will give him a break. At the moment I am a bit short because there’s no Chamberlain, no Ramsey, no Walcott, no Wilshere, no Welbeck. There are not many offensive positions where I can rotate.”

 

Arsene Wenger believes Alexis Sanchez needs a break

Nacho Monreal has revealed how a phone call from Santi Cazorla convinced him to move to the Emirates.

The full-back has moved ahead of Kieran Gibbs as Arsenal first-choice left-back, and he admitted that Cazorla played a huge part in his deadline day move in January 2013.  

"I remember on January 31, I woke up, looked at my phone and I had two missed calls from Santi. And I thought it was really strange, Santi calling me in the morning," he said.

"So I called him: 'Santi, how are you? What's happened? [he replied] Nacho, do you want to come to Arsenal? [I replied] What pardon me? Yes, of course'."

 

Nacho Monreal revealed Santi Cazorla convinced him to join Arsenal