The good news keeps on coming with various reports saying Aaron Ramsey’s hamstring injury could keep him out for four weeks.

It would be a massive blow to the side with Mikel Arteta and Jack Wilshere also sidelined, with Arsene Wenger admitting it’s a ‘shame’ that the injury has cropped up just when the Welshman is finding his form again.

The Arsenal manager was coy about the period of time Ramsey would miss, saying, “We only got the scan last night but I don’t know yet the extent of his injury”, which doesn’t make much sense because the scan would tell them exactly how bad the hamstring strain was.

“It’s a shame,” continued Wenger, “because he was getting close to matching last season’s form”.

However, there has been on ongoing weirdness to Ramsey’s hamstring this season. Back on September 27th he damaged it against Sp*rs and it was suggested a similar four week absence would be required – indeed some reports said he might be out for as long as eight weeks.

He then missed two games, against Galatasaray and Chelsea, before surprisingly returning on October 18th for the 2-2 draw with Hull amid whispers he’d been given the all-clear following a privately sought second opinion on the extent of the strain.

Obviously there’s some kind of issue, but maybe we’ll get lucky and it won’t be as long as is being touted at this moment in time.