Arsenal Star Man out For Three Months
Arsenal and French international, Mathieu Debuchy has officially been sidelined for three months after having his ankle surgery.
Debuchy had signed from English rivals Newcastle and had damaged his ligaments in Arsenal's recent 2-2 draw with champions Manchester City.
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"He has had surgery and will be out for three months," manager Arsene Wenger told the Arsenal official site .
"A reasonable delay is three months."It all went well, but it can be a week or two earlier or a week or two later, but it will be around three months.
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"It is a blow of course, how big it will be we will only know afterwards because it will be down to how well we replace him. We bought Chambers for that."
Young English defender Callum Chambers had replaced Debuchy in Saturday's 3-0 win over Aston Villa, with Hector Bellerin replacing the France international in the previous 2-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
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Arsenal had acquired Debuchy after Bakary Sagna rejected contract negotiations opting to sign for Rivals Manchester United.