Shkodran Mustafi
Premier League
Mustafi set to miss three weeks

Andrew Gastelum

Reports in England suggest Arsenal defender Skhodran Mustafi is set to miss the next three to four weeks of the season after sustaining a serious hamstring injury against Stoke City on Saturday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the club website in his post-match press conference that the German international is set for a spell on the sidelines during the festive period.

"It’s a bad one. He had nothing in midweek. I would not have played him today (if he had)...He wanted to play in Basel, because he said ‘no it’s nothing’, and it was completely clear. I checked three times and there was no problem for. I don’t know why it happened, but it looks a ‘good’ hamstring strain.

"Look, the minimum when you go out like that is 21 days. After that, today is December 10, so you are 21 days, that means he’ll have a nice Christmas!"