As if getting drilled in the Champions League wasn't bad enough for Arsenal, today they got some more bad news affecting their much maligned defense. According to the club, German defender Per Mertesacker had ankle surgery yesterday and will be out "long term," perhaps for the rest of the season.
Mertesacker sustained an ankle injury during last weekend's 2-1 win over Sunderland. According to Arsene Wenger, the surgery was to reconstruct ligaments in his ankle. The center back arrived near the end of last summer's transfer period and his loss will be a blow to the Gunners.
They did get better news on Laurent Koscielny though. He had sustained a knee injury against Milan at the San Siro. However the subsequent scans were better than expected and he is only expected to miss a week or so,
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