Arsenal are feeling the effects of their FA Cup final victory now as they could head to West Ham on Tuesday night missing EIGHT first-team players! Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Lukas Podolski, Nacho Monreal, Kieran Gibbs, Tomas Rosicky and Laurent Koscielny are all doubts for the fixture this Tuesday.
Monreal is the unlikeliest of the eight to start, while Koscielny and Rosicky will undergo fitness tests before Arsene Wenger can decide whether they shall play any part in the game. The Gunners boss knows fatigue will also play a part but knows they cannot slip-up now they lie in 5th place and could miss out on Champions League football.
Wenger said: “I cannot give you complete team news because many of them have had to be checked today. We have plenty of uncertainties for muscular problems and fatigue. Who could be available who was not in the squad on Saturday, maybe Rosicky, we’ll have to test him today, maybe Koscielny, we’ll have to test him definitely today. There are plenty of uncertainties, I have to make my mind up late on.”
By Charlie Gregory
@CharlieGLFC
