Injury blow for Arsenal as Giroud will be out till next year- Arsene Wenger

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud may be sidelined
from the pitch until next year after the French
attacker picked up an ankle injury which he once
had surgery on.
Giroud saved his side from their first away defeat
by scoring the second for the Emirate side thereby
picking up an injury which is a blow for him and
the team as well.
And speaking on Sky Sports after Arsenal made it
through to the Champions League group stage with
victory over Besiktas, Arsene Wenger confirmed
his compatriot is facing a long absence.
He said: "The news is that he had surgery today
and the surgery went well but he will be out -
maybe to be competitive at the top, top level - until
the end of December, beginning of January."
Wenger used Alexis Sanchez at centre-forward
against Besiktas, and the £35m summer signing
scored the only goal to send his new side through.
Yaya Sanogo, Lukas Podolski and Joel Campbell are
other options, while Theo Walcott is close to
returning from a long-term injury of his own.
Arsenal manager revealed he wasn't sure he
whether he would bid for another striker before
the September 1 transfer window deadline.
"We will try to look around but we want quality
and we have quality," he said. "I bought Sanchez to
be a striker and I think Walcott can be a good
striker as well.
"Sanogo can be a good striker, Podolski can play
there and Campbell if you ask what he is, he's a
striker. They are players of quality and we will
see.
"We will concede in England that every time you
have a problem you can't just buy. After the first of
September you still have to live with it."Skysport

No matter what people say,Giroud is a good striker and will be missed.

Exactly!