As was previously reported by L’Equipe, it seems as if Francis Coquelin’s knee injury sustained against Chelsea at the weekend isn’t as serious as was first feared but he will miss our Basel clash on Wednesday.
The weekend’s walk-over of the West London gazzilionaires has helped restore the faith, and the logic of recent decisions is now clear, but is this just another false dawn?
L’Equipe in France are reporting that Francis Coquelin will not be ruled out for the rest of the calendar year as had been feared and could be back in as little as 15 days after reports showed the injury was not as bad as first feared.
Reports are growing that Francis Coquelin could be facing a number of months on the sidelines after he did his knee against Chelsea on Saturday.
One blot from our convincing 3-0 victory over Chelsea on Saturday evening was the fact that Francis Coquelin sustained a knee injury, which forced him off in the 32nd minute.
According to RMC, Arsenal’s medical staff are concerned about Francis Coquelin’s injury and fear that he could have damaged his internal knee ligament.
Arsenal’s Saturday stroll in Hull showed some hints of method to what has appeared tactical madness.
Since his big-money switch from Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer, the talented Swiss international has only started two matches this season (Leicester and Watford, both away) – leading to questions as to whether there’s a specific reason why he’s constantly featuring off the bench.
Francis Coquelin said he was “screaming at Granit to shoot” in the seconds leading up to the Swiss midfielder’s excellent strike from distance against Mike Phelan’s side on Saturday.
Arsenal fans are beginning to fret at the news that Arsene Wenger could stick with Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla in midfield against Hull on Saturday.
Arsene Wenger admits that he prefers Granit Xhaka as a box-to-box midfielder.
Now that the chaos of the transfer window is behind us, and Arsenal have played a couple of games will all of our new players available for selection, what can we ascertain from both the starting XIs that were picked and how they were deployed tactically?
Francis Coquelin believes that not having Jack Wilshere at Arsenal this season while he’s on loan at Bournemouth will be a big miss.
What did Arsenal actually learn against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night?
Saturday’s frustration-fest ended well, but will opposition with more ambition be better or worse for Arsenal?