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Arsenal and England’s worst fears were confirmed when Danny Welbeck was ruled out of Euro and a major chunk of next season with a knee injury. The English striker suffered the injury in the crunch game against Manchester City while going in for a tackle on Bacary Sagna. Unable to walk it off, he headed straight down the tunnel.
The club confirmed that he had suffered “significant cartilage damage” and the 25-year-old required surgery on his knee. The recovery period is expected to be nine months and comes as s huge blow since he had returned to the squad only in February following an injury that had kept him sidelined since last May.
The other striker is the only player on this team not injured at the moment but is already out of contention. France's Karim Benzema has been left out of the squad altogether following the legal case involving the blackmailing of his national teammate Mathieu Valbuena.
Benzema had tried to blackmail Valbuena over an alleged sex-tape, although Benzema denied trying to blackmail him even though evidence pointed to the contrary. However, France coach Didier Deschamps and the president of the France Football Federation Noel Le Graet consulted the French sports minister who opposed the selection of Benzema on the grounds of ‘human values’.
