While Arsenal didn’t lose any players during the international break to injury, two players were already injured at the start.

Jack Wilshere, who’s been out since Spurs, and Theo Walcott, who joined the England squad before quickly pulling out with a groin strain. We’ve finally had an (unofficial) update on their injury status, and it looks like the pair of England internationals could drag their heels a little.

Due date

Walcott’s injury came with an original length of 7-10 days. It’s been six days, and it now appears that he’ll have to spend a few more weeks on the sidelines, putting him out of action for the next three or four Premier League games.

That’s irritating, but Walcott hasn’t been in the greatest of form lately, not scoring since late January. With Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain and even Gervinho looking like being in form for the run-in, with any luck we won’t miss Theo much at all.

Also, this way Podolski HAS to play. I like Podolski. Even when injured.

Worry not

The big worry was over Jack Wilshere’s injury. It went from career-ending ligament damage to month-ruining ankle inflammation to season-ending ankle inflammation.

It now appears that he’ll definitely miss the Reading game on Saturday, but will be in contention for West Brom. Good news, as the Arsenal staff were rather worried about Wilshere’s future if he picked up another bad injury.

If nothing else, he could certainly use the rest.

International round-up

It was a quiet nice for Arsenal alumni, with no involvement for England, Santi Cazorla sitting out for Spain and only Laurent Koscielny playing for France. He completed 90 minutes of a 1-0 defeat to Spain.

Aaron Ramsey was suspended for Wales, though Gervinho had a starring turn for the Ivory Coast, giving a performance described as ‘outstanding’ and more notably ‘confident’.

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