Mathieu Debuchy is out for Three months

Mathieu Debuchy is out for Three months

Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy is out for three months as the right-back underwent an ankle surgery. The Frenchman had injured his ankle couple of weeks ago in a 2-2 draw against Manchester City at the Emirates.

Arsene Wenger confirmed that the defender underwent a successful surgery this week.

“He has had surgery and will be out for three months,” Wenger told Arsenal.com.

“A reasonable delay is three months.

“It all went well, but it can be a week or two earlier or a week or two later, but it will be around three months."

Arsenal boss was unsure about the impact this injury would have on this year’s campaign. Although he showed immense faith in 19 year old Calum Chambers and expects him to fill in the former Newcastle United fullback’s shoes with aplomb.

“It is a blow of course, how big it will be we will only know afterwards because it will be down to how well we replace him. We bought [Calum] Chambers for that.”