Wenger devastated by Rosicky injury

Manager Arsène Wenger admits that he is 'devastated' by winger Tomas Rosicky's latest injury, and says that the Czech Republic international is equally as upset as well.

Rosicky started the match against Stoke City on Saturday but had to withdraw at half-time due to a groin injury. It's not known yet how long he will be out of action for, with Wenger choosing his words carefully and saying, 'a while.'

Wenger explained: "He's devastated and I am as well. Before the (Stoke) match I told myself 'he has played the whole game on Wednesday, should I take the gamble or not as it was such an important game?'. But by half-time he was struggling.

"It's a vicious circle when you have been out for a long time. Eduardo had not played for 18 months, Tomas has not played for 18 months.

"When you come back, one or two games, your body has to get used to producing the energy levels again and it's difficult. Nobody masters that.

"The first impression for me is that it won't be longer than a month, but it's a groin problem so we have to see the scan in 48 hours which grade it is - grade one is 10 days but grade three is three."

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