Arsenal boss ArseneWenger, has admitted that Abou Diaby will be offered a new contract, if he proveshis fitness.
The France midfielder has only played twice in as many seasons for the Gunners and his current deal runsout at the end of theseason.
Diaby is on theverge ofyet another comeback and Wenger has said that he might yetstay on atthe Emirates.
“Diaby is on the fringe ofcoming back into full training but he is not there yet– he has a calf problem,” Wenger said.
“Hisinjuries are never severebut little grade one tears. He is not available yet. ‘If Diaby is fully fit, hewill have a new deal at Arsenal.”
Ahead of Saturday’s trip to the Britannia to faceStoke City, Wenger also revealed his injury concernsas his side seekto record a third fourth consecutivevictory.
“We have to assessa few players today because we had some bad surprises with Nacho Monreal being out for tomorrow’s game,” hesaid.
“Hopefully Kieran Gibbswill be available and back in the team and we have to assesssome otherplayers like Laurent Koscielny and a few bumpsand bruisesthat we got afterthe game on Wednesday. I’ll make that decision after training today.
“I would like toplay Koscielny because heis a veryimportant player in our squad, and ideally I hope he will be available tomorrow. That decision will only be madetomorrow morning. Koscielny is an inflammation of his achilles, theproblem is that when heplays, the inflammation comesback.”
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