Arsene Wenger has given the latest team news ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League play-off second leg against Besiktas:
on Olivier Giroud…
He will not play tomorrow and he will see a specialist tomorrow. After that we will make an announcement of how long he will be out for.
on it being a long-term injury…
It can be. We will see tomorrow.
on whether it's a broken foot…
I don't know, it's sad for us but at the moment we are focused on tomorrow's game.
on other team news…
Mikel Arteta is still out from his ankle injury. He is quite a short term injury, he could be back quite quickly. Everyone else is available.
on Kieran Gibbs…
Kieran Gibbs has his hamstring [issue] - I count him as after the break.
on Theo Walcott…
Theo is doing well but we will respect the timing [of his return]. The timing is end of the month to join in again, after the break I think he will be in full training.
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