Arsenal team news: Wenger faces mounting injury crisis ahead of Man City clash, Mesut Ozil available
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger faces a mounting injury crisis ahead of the FA Cup semi-final clash against Manchester City.
Wenger will be without several important first-team players going into the game.
The Gunners boss could be without striker Danny Welbeck who faced a fitness test after recovering from a toe injury.
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Star defender Shkodran Mustafi has been ruled out completely, second-choice keeper David Ospina is still injured as is long-term absentee Santi Cazorla.
Meanwhile rising star Jeff Reine-Adelaide has also been ruled out until the end of the season
“Ospina is out and Lucas is still out,” Wenger told reporters at his press conference. “They are longer-term injuries. Ospina could be back in 10 days.”
Wenger will have first-choice keeper Petr Cech available as well as star players Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.
Provisional squad: Cech, Martinez, Macey, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin, Xhaka, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Walcott, Iwobi, Sanchez, Giroud.
Arsenal have won the FA Cup 12 times which is a joint record shared with Manchester United.
