Eurosport - Thu, 07 May 17:07:00 2009
Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a back injury, the club have confirmed.
The French full-back sustained the back problem during the Gunners' Champions League quarter-final first leg at Villarreal on April 7.
Now, following the club's exit from the Champions League against Manchester United on Tuesday, Clichy's season has officially been concluded and he will return for pre-season training in July.
Arsenal mananger Arsene Wenger told the club's official website: "It is finished (for Gael).
"We would have put a little pressure on the recovery period had we gone to the Champions League final.
"But now we will not take a gamble."
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earledaniel
I can't believe you got so many thumbs down. I didn't see anything offensive in what you said.
The Northerner
You will qualify fourth at least for the Champions' League but you still have to play United. I'm a United fan and I'm hoping United win the league obviously but I want to win on merit so I hope Arsenal give us a good game and maybe United win 1-0.
Easy for me to admit now as you're not going to challenge us this year but I LOVE Wenger. He produces teams who are exciting to watch, play great football, and can come as close to the big prize as the filthy scouse without spending the money.
If I wasn't a United supporter I'd be an Arsenal supporter. I'm sorry if that sounds like kissing your ar5es but I've had a few beers and am speaking truth.
gunner's main problem is that we have talented players but there are no player's in mid field who can challenge with the strengthy mid fielders of other top 3 clubs. man utd, chelsea, liverpool - they have talented and physically good player.this can be sorted out if wenger buy's some talented and strengthy player with our superstar who are already in th club like fabregas,nasri,arshavin,walcott,denilson etc.GUNNER 4 EVER!
When you mean football,you mean Arsenal.Its the team that play marvelous game, regardless of loss to Man U. Quality is not poaching goals but the way you drive the ball for quality goals.Our team have longer life span with full of young blood,big up true gunner .
Solidarity behind your team in every situation makes for a great supporter....Yes, winning trophies is all well and good, but there are twenty teams in the EPL, and how many win things every term, with the exception of Man U ? They have the money, the capacity crowds, and a great manager, whether you like him or not, (personally, I don't) and its the same in most of the European leagues nowadays, the same old teams win the silverware...I have been a gooner since I was 6, have seen many differing teams over the years, and winning trophies under George Graham was good, but they were BORING to watch. Wenger won the double in his second full season, and yes , it was glorious. I would like to see us build a side as strong as back then...as a fan of 46 years and counting, it would make me delirious. The trouble with todays game is it has changed vastly, and its all about money, egos and hotheaded players..We can all judge what our team needs sitting in the comfort of our homes, but what do we really know? I was devastated losing to Man U , we did not play to our potential, but there again I am grateful that we have won trophies, and we have had fantastic teams, how many teams in the EPL ever win anything, ever??? We all live in hope....even when things are not going so well, gooner for life...
dammit, i hoped he would be ok for Chelsea match
Not good, he's probably our 2nd best defender, so Gibbs will have 2 fit in, though he isn't that good, though he'll probs be a star player by 2014.
I don't agree. European futbol every year...attractive,flowing, attacking futbol every year...young, enthusiastic players every year.As a fan and supportor...I'll take that...EVERY YEAR! Win some trophies, play boring, negative futbol...NO THANKS!!!
Arsenal will not change if Wenger is still here..he will continue his policy…all he wants is his reputation,…good manager who buys young good player…so in many years, also in history of football, world will remember him as great manager who can create a great player so bla bla bla…but what for Arsenal? Another miss of champ..Find another manager..dont afraid to make a change..Arsenal will still survive without Wenger..He is not the only managers fo Arsenal..His time has passed..
Arsenal fans should not whine. I live in the US, and watch a lot of EPL and LaLiga games. Have been for years. Arsenal plays the game the way that makes it fun to be a supportor!I'm a fan of attractive, attacking futbol. I, therefore am an Aresenal fan.
Wenger is true to his desire of always playing the game the way that it makes it fun to be a fan of the team he coaches. Most coaches would give in, play negative, go for the trophies...at the expense of the real fans of the game. If you are a treied and true Arsenal/Wenger fan...Be proud of the futbol your club plays. It's for you, the fan. Would you rather be boring Chelsea? A couple additional recent trophies...unattractively earned. Yuck!
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Why dont all you arsenal fans that are complaining about the team and wenger and saying things like we should get players in ther thirties or all english back four i.e comment 12 and 9, piss off and support west ham if you just want to moan. You know nothing about football especially not Arsenal. All we need is a centre back which are hard to come across ask any team and possibly a quality striker so that wenger doesnt have to resort to using Bendtner but thats it. If all you want is glory and no respect go support man utd you glory hunting scum. True arsenal fans support their team. Dont forget the injuries and upheaval weve had this season leading to us drawing many games we would of won and probabl being a lot closer to a trophy.
To all the GUNNERS hatin scum, bugger off , this article does not concern u. Therefore no need to open your dirty smelly mouths. Arsenal fans only. GOONERS 4 LIFE
lets get it straight, we need to re-build, and thats starting from the back, Venger has to look at the early part of his management in which he inherited a brillant back 4, he needs to get rid of the back 4 no more athletes that can not defend, and get natural defenders who are english, and there is plenty about, sort out the mid-field as well.....and we need strikers as well, so in all a new team
season is already finishd so no fuss.he is not really needed for anything we are knocked out in all competition so if he is fit or not changes nothing
Arsenal lets get things sorted for next season, at the moment we can't compete with Man U (as much as I hate to say it)! Get some experienced players that are in their early 30s, players that don't get shoved off the ball so easily, players of the Petit,Keown and Adams stature. Wenger must rebuild, I couldn't bare another season with an empty trophy cabinet, so COME ON YOU GUNNERS LETS GRIP IT BEFORE WE LOSE OUR BEST PLAYERS DUE TO NOT WINNING COMPETITIONS!!!!
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we r the team that sells its great players on to barcelona and the like....
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