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Football: Oxlade-Chamberlain out of Euro 2016 after suffering fresh knee injury - Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has picked up a new knee injury which will keep him out for up to two months, ruling him out of the summer's Euro 2016 tournament.

Football: Oxlade-Chamberlain out of Euro 2016 after suffering fresh knee injury - Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has picked up a new knee injury which will keep him out for up to two months, ruling him out of the summer's Euro 2016 tournament.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was on his way back from injury, having not played first team football since late February when he was hit by the fresh blow. Speaking in his  Friday morning press conference, Wenger called the injury 'very sad'.

He gave a wide-ranging fitness update, saying: "We have lost Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain during the week because he got a knee injury. He has injured his medial ligament in his right knee and will be out for six to eight weeks I think.

"Alex was back in full training when he picked up this new injury, which is not linked to his previous knee injuries. After that, Santi Cazorla came through well in a game for the under-21s. Everyone else should be available. We lost Per Mertesacker, the season is over for him because of his hamstring. That means Gabriel will come in for him."

On Oxlade-Chamberlain, he added: "It is very sad. He was physically ready and looking sharp. He had one week’s training last week, but he planned to play on Tuesday night but got injured on Monday morning.

The 22-year-old had been in with a chance of making Roy Hodgson's England squad for the summer tournament in France, but Wenger said: "There’s no chance. I had a little conversation with Alex and with our medical team. They told me yesterday that he will be back at the beginning of July.

"It’s bad news. Alex was out for a while and he was not overloaded with games. You want a guy of 22 years of age to go to the European Championship. It’s very bad. He’s an impact player as well so he could have had a great contribution to England’s success. England had quite a few problems up front so I think it’s bad news."