The France international striker picked up a seemingly innocuous injury against Everton at the weekend but was subsequently sent to a specialist amid fears that he had broken his ankle.
And Wenger has now revealed that he does indeed face a lengthy spell on the sidelines, though he maintains that he is happy with his current striking options despite reports linking the club with a bid for Nikola Zigic.
He told Sky Sports: “The news is that he had surgery today, that surgery went well, but he will be out for – maybe to be competitive at the top, top level – end of December, beginning of January.” [eap_ad_2] Asked whether he will sign a striker to cover for Giroud’s injury, Wenger added: “Look, I don’t know yet. We try to look around but we want quality and we have quality.
“We have fortunately [Theo] Walcott coming back soon. I believe [Yaya] Sanogo will have an impact this season. We have [Lukas] Podolski, we have [Joel] Campbell who can play centre-forward.
“To find players who are better than the players we have would be very difficult now.”
Wenger did suggest that he will weigh up his options but insists that €42 million signing Alexis Sanchez was bought to play as a striker, whilst also praising the likes of Sanogo and Campbell.
“We will consider [it],” he said. “Just in England you cannot, every time you have a problem, always buy. If you have an injury after the first of September, you have to live with it.
“I bought Sanchez to be a striker, and I think Walcott can be a very good striker. I think Sanogo is a very good striker. Podolski can play there. Campbell, if you ask him what he is, he’s a striker.
“They are all players of quality and we’ll see.” (goal.com)[eap_ad_3]
