Curse of crocked leaves Wilshere out for five months

How’s your luck? Jack Wilshere will be sidelined for up to five months after an op to fix a fracture to his right ankle. Another Arsenal player out injured for a lengthy period. Isn’t it time we drafted in some sort of witch doctor to treat our players or perhaps try to lift the curse of the crocked?

Wilshere told Twitter: ‘Had my operation and all went well! I am feeling good will spend the night in hospital to monitor me but apart from that I am happy!’

Wilshere joins TV5 on the crocked list. And Theo. Or is he fit again after the injury in the Bolton game? Oh, yes, and Yossi Benayoun is also out. Diaby is another absentee – so not all bad then. Who next? Still, at least “world-renowned surgeons” operated on Jack the lad, according to .com. That’s a comfort.

Has AW backed our medics like Fergie did his when confronted with claims that Owen Hargreaves was misdiagnosed at Old Trafford? Not sure he has.

Here’s one to make you choke on your boiled eggs this morning. One report doing the rounds suggests AW may look to bolster his strikeforce with a surprise £1m bid for Manchester United striker Michael Owen in January. Er, so no then.

CARL ELDRIDGE – Follow me on twitter @eldomedia

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Arsenal fan for 40 years. Schoolboys, North Bank, Clock End then East Upper. Then Emirates. AFC dream team: Wilson, Dixon, Sansom, Adams, Pates, Brady, Williams, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry, Wright. Subs: Seaman, Eldridge, Wilshere, RVP, Ball. Manager: Arsene Chapman.

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