Hleb and Senderos may join injured quartet on sidelines

glacer SG

Arsène Wenger could be without as many as six players for the Premier League game with Derby County at Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

Four were certain to be sidelined. Jens Lehmann (elbow), Emmanuel Eboue (ankle) and William Gallas (groin) have been absent for some time. Last night, Arsenal lost Tomas Rosicky to a hamstring injury just after half-time in the 3-0 win over Sevilla.

Speaking to Arsenal TV Online on Thursday, Wenger potentially added two more to that list. He described Philippe Senderos (hip) as a doubt and Alex Hleb (knee) as a major doubt.

We have a few knocks and bruises, said the manager. Of course Tomas Rosicky is now added to Lehmann, Eboue and Gallas. He is definitely out.

Hleb is a major doubt because of a kick on his knee. He has liquid on it today so well see how it goes down. Senderos is a doubt with a hip problem. We dont know how bad that is. Well see how it responds to treatment on Friday morning. I could not give you a percentage chance on their fitness at this stage.

I will rotate a little bit to bring in some fresh players. Who, I dont know yet because that depends on whether Hleb and Senderos will be available.

Arsenal.com with have further injury news on Friday afternoon.

Arsenal TV Online subscribers will be able to see the full interview on Friday. In it, the manager discusses the win over Sevilla, holding down the hype, the attention given to Cesc Fabregas, the departure of Jose Mourinho, his success at Chelsea, Avram Grants connection with Arsenal, Derbys Premiership credentials and Billy Davies.

Sorry no pics, can somebody pm me teach me how 2 post pics? Neutral

BrUtUs SG

wat peekture?
highlight the link of the picture u wan to post then click the img tag...

glacer SG

Philippe Senderos has been passed fit for Saturdays clash with Derby County but, as expected, Alex Hleb will be missing.

Both players picked up knocks in Wednesday nights victory over Sevilla in midweek. The game had already cost Arsenal the services of Tomas Rosicky (hamstring). A day later, Arsène Wenger said the Swiss defenders hip problem classed him as a doubt for the weekend while Hlebs knee made him a major doubt.

With that in mind the team news revealed by Arsène Wenger at his pre-match press conference was hardly a surprise.

We still have Eboue (ankle), Gallas (groin) and Lehmann [elbow) out, said the manager. We have lost Rosicky and Hleb as well now. Rosicky has a minor strain and will be out for 10 days, Hleb has a knee injury. But Senderos will be fit.

Wengers side have a heavy workload at the moment so he intends to ring the changes.

I will rotate a little bit and try to get the right mixture between stability and some fresh legs as well, he said. Gilberto will be back, maybe Theo Walcott will start, I do not know yet. Eduardo down the left can be a possibility as well.[/img]

turbo_drift SG

[ img]place the url here[/img ]