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Mathieu Debuchy could be out for three months after being the victim of Arsenal's latest injury blow .

French right-back Debuchy will see a specialist in the next 24 hours which will decide whether he needs surgery.

Arsenal's medical team are hoping it is not serious enough for Debuchy to need to go under the knife and that would mean he is out for six weeks.

But if Debuchy does need an operation then he will be out for three months which would be a hammer blow for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and possibly push him into the transfer market.

Stoke midfielder Marko Arnautovic has escaped punishment after pushing Debuchy off the pitch and into advertising hoardings. The FA ruled that referee Jon Moss saw the incident and decided not to act.

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Wenger has been after a new defender with West Ham's Winston Reid top of his wanted list.

They are having no luck with injuries as Debuchy was out for three months earlier in the season with an ankle injury. But both of Debuchy's injuries happened after collisions.

Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck and Mikel Arteta are on their way back from injury while Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey returned to Arsenal's squad at the weekend after lay-offs.

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