Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby is closing in on a first-team return after playing his first competitive match in nearly four months yesterday.
The France international played 65 minutes of the Gunners Under-21 side’s 1-1 draw against West Brom.
Diaby has been missing for Arsenal since the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on September 29 due to a thigh injury. But he is now ready to hand manager Arsene Wenger a significant boost after coming through yesterday’s clash unscathed.
Diaby was one of the Gunners best players before he got hurt, and without him Arsenal has lacked a bit of steel and defensive mindness in midfield. Mikel Arteta has for the most part played well in Diaby’s place, but he is not a defensive midfielder.
For all the attacking players that Arsenal have been linked with this month, have any of them been top quality defensive midfielders as I see that as the team’s biggest weakness at the moment.
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Wenger will destroy this club b4 he departs. Why should he depend on injury prone diaby. He’s not helping matters at all.
All i see in this protocall u can allow one man to rule the subject can no if is trying or not
Diaby will play 1 or 2 games and we will not see him till the summer. Wenger needs to sell him. He is a good player but we need players who can play more than 2 games a season. I dont want to be negative but thats the reality about Diaby.
Am happy to see diaby again
Most negative fans said the same about RvP who last season was, by far, the BPL best player…
Very right T2T. Always negative people are not visionary like our fellowAFC fans who think Diaby is nothing. They’re the ones who was saying RVP is useless during his injury time and wanted Wenger to damp him. When he became star they turn praising him and slapped Wenger for selling him.
It is true that negative people never succeed because they can’t take risk for success. They don’t think of tomorrow, they are just for today’s meals like birds which never store grain for the coming dark days.
After all, who told told them Diaby will not stabilise. Are they doctors?
I remember. Robin Van Glass. But he worked his way through it and is one of the best Strikers on the planet. I miss RVP. We need a striker please Mr Wenger.
Diaby is one of our best Midfielders. When he is in the squad we are a better team. Yes he is injury prone but what a player. Major quality on the ball and very hard to defend. I hope he can stay healthy. We do need cover though.
y can we luk for anoda dm for now,is there any agreement between diaby and wenger please.
Wenger should look for another CDM in my opinion.