There are mounting concerns that Robin Van Persie is set for another spell on the sidelines as a result of a knee injury sustained in today’s Carling Cup defeat.
As stated in today’s “Knee Jerk” (no pun intended), the Arsenal striker appeared to pick up the injury volleying home Arsenal’s first-half equaliser. The Dutchman was later withdrawn in the second-half amidst fears that he had suffered damage to the knee. Wenger revealed post-match that Van Persie had indeed sustained an impact injury on scoring the goal, with a full assessment likely on Monday. With the Champions League second leg in Barcelona looming large, Wenger sounded less than optimistic….
“Robin is not in good shape after this game. It’s a knee problem which we will have to assess on Monday.”
Van Persie has of course been a victim of a string of long and short-term injuries in recent seasons and many Fantasy Managers are likely to be philosophical given the risk that’s associated with the striker. With Arsenal facing Sunderland in gameweek 29, just three days before the Barcelona tie, there was always a chance that Van Persie would miss out. This latest injury could at least end all speculation and uncertainty around the likelihood of him being rotated, ruling him out of the gameweek reckoning altogether. We will hopefully know more within the next 24-hours.
