Wed, 28 Sep 2016 05:31:23 +0000 Arsenal will be without Francis Coquelin because of a knee injury for the Champions League visit of Basel. The midfielder, 25, was forced off in the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea. Granit Xhaka should deputise and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has played down fears that Coquelin’s injury is a repeat of the one that caused him to miss two months of last season. “The scan was quite positive. I think it will be three weeks out,” he said. If Frenchman Coquelin is sidelined for three weeks, he will also miss the league matches against Burnley and Swansea and possibly the Champions League game at Ludogorets Razgrad on 19 October. Striker Olivier Giroud will also miss the game against the Swiss champions after being sent off in Arsenal’s first Group A game, a 1-1 draw at Paris St-Germain. The 29-year-old also has an injury, with […]
