Diaby needs ANOTHER surgery

[Munchies]

Article has just been posted by the Mirror,

' Arsenal's Abou Diaby to undergo cruciate knee ligament surgery and is out until next March'

Abou Diaby has suffered a new injury blow which will keep him out until March.

Diaby has undergone more surgery on his cruciate knee ligament after a setback in his recovery from the injury.

Arsenal midfielder Diaby, 27, suffered the injury in March and is now facing 12 months on the sidelines which is another hammer blow for the French international whose career has been dogged by injuries.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said: "He had a little key hole surgery again, on the the knee because his knee blew up every time he did something so it is now six months after the cruciate.

"He could not even jog yet so with new surgery it is a set back for him so competitive football cannot be played before March."

It was widely expected to be the last season of Diaby's career at Arsenal but Wenger insists that he may get another chance.

Wenger added: "He has one and a half years to go on his contract."

Wenger expects Lukas Podolski to be back by the end of November, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to return in December and Yaya Sanogo "could be the earliest one which could be mid-November.

Needs to be put down now

[Letters]

Dignitas, tbh.

[Munchies]

Dignitas, tbh.

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[GP]

Meh. I don't consider him to be part of the squad anyway.

He'll never be 100% again.

[Munchies]

Wenger sounds like he'll keep him here to pay the last 1.5 years of his salary off.

[JonasTC]

Its just a hard one with Diaby, because if he ever stays fit, he could become one of the best midfielders in the world.

[GP]

Its just a hard one with Diaby, because if he ever stays fit, he could become one of the best midfielders in the world.

Nah, it's too late for him. He's missed all of his development.

Time to hang it up, take up coaching or something.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I know we all take the piss at times but really you got to feel sorry for the guy.

He's had a promising footballing career all but ruined by some feral thug who now works in a call centre. Never fully recovered from that and god knows where he would be if that didn't occur - he definately had the talent to be a superstar. I hope someone finds Dan Smith and breaks his legs permenently.

For his own sake it's about time he decides to seriously consider his future. He should take this oppurtunity where he still has the money and the support of the club to investigate other footballing career paths. Perhaps like Karbaiyasson he could start training to become a football scout?

[Syn]

Definitely feel sorry for him. Not too sorry because he can retire a multi-millionaire by 30. But still, if you're good enough to get to the level where you are signed up by a top club and can perform well at the knockout CL games, you have to be distraught if you can never find out how good you could become.

We only have to look at Ramsey. If his injury was such that he could never gain fitness (which is basically 99% of what has made him a top performer - just being able to run more than everyone else), we only would've seen the 2012 Ramsey performances throughout his career, where his own fans call him shit and think he's a liability. Nice that he got the chance to put things right. Not saying Diaby definitely would've done the same but he'll never get the chance. Which is awful. For a 27 year old multi-millionaire.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Sell the prick. He has eroded our wage structure for too bloody long.