素来“兵多将广”的英超“火药库”阿森纳队本赛季接连遭遇球员受伤的窘境。

    据路透社13日报道，阿森纳队主教练温格13日在接受阿森纳俱乐部官方网站记者采访时表示，该队主力左后卫阿什利.科尔的脚伤非常严重，为此他已经接受了手术。据称，科尔将至少休战6到8周的时间，也就是说在11月底之前，阿什利.科尔都不会出现在英超赛场。

    另外，阿森纳队中后卫坎贝尔8日在代表英格兰队出战世界杯预选赛对阵奥地利队的比赛中，也拉伤了根腱，好在伤势并没有开始想象地那么严重。谈起目前队内的状况，温格表示非常无奈，他说：“我们现在很缺人手，除了科尔要休战6到8个月之外，坎贝尔也受了伤，好在他不会缺席很久。我希望他18日就能完全复原。”

    此外效力阿森纳队的白俄罗斯选手赫莱布本周在代表白俄罗斯出战世界杯预选赛对阵苏格兰队的比赛时也受了伤，不过温格现在还不能确定赫莱布的伤势到底有多严重。

    15日，阿森纳队将在英超联赛中对阵西布罗姆维奇队，而在18日将在欧洲冠军联赛中和布拉格·斯巴达队对垒。由于队内的巴西中场球员吉尔博托在代表巴西队打完世界杯预选赛南美赛区比赛后要在14日才能返回英格兰，因此温格认为这名球员也很可能错过15日的联赛。此外法国前锋亨利目前的伤势还没有完全好转，因此将继续作壁上观。

    “亨利的伤情恢复得很快，”温格表示：“但即便如此，就目前而言我也不能确定他究竟什么时候才能重新出现在赛场。”

    Arsenal left back Ashley Cole will be out of action for up to eight weeks with his fractured foot, manager Arsene Wenger told the club's website on Thursday.

    Cole has undergone surgery on a stress fracture in his right foot and is unlikely to return before the end of November. 　

    Central defender Sol Campbell suffered a hamstring injury playing for England on Saturday but the damage is not as serious as first thought. "We are short at the moment," Wenger said. "Ashley Cole will be out for six to eight weeks but Sol Campbell's absence will be shorter than expected. He could be fit for Tuesday."

    Midfielder Alexander Hleb also sustained an injury playing for Belarus against Scotland.

    "It is difficult to say how long he will be out for," Wenger said.

    Aresenal play West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday and Sparta Prague in the Champions League on Tuesday.

    Wenger said Brazilian midfielder Gilberto would also miss the West Brom game as he is only due to arrive back in England from international duty on Friday, and striker Thierry Henry is still not fully fit.

    "Thierry's progress is remarkable but we are going from day to day," Wenger said. "At the moment I do not want to fix any time but the signs are very positive."