By Richard Clarke
Tomas Rosicky will miss Euro 2008 this summer.
The Arsenal midfielder, who is the captain of the Czech Republic,
has not played since January 26 when he limped off after five
minutes against Newcastle with a hamstring problem.
Arsène Wenger described the injury as "not a serious one,
but a strange one". However it ended Rosicky's season and
now has put paid to his immediate ambitions with the national side.
"Tomas Rosicky is likely to miss the European
Championships," said Wenger at Friday's press conference.
"He was always on the fringe of coming back, so you always
hope. But I think he lives well with it now. He has integrated that
in his head for a while.
"He is in a situation where he wants to come back and be ready
for next season, but at the moment he cannot play."
