Season over for Arsenal skipper Fabregas
Posted Friday, April 02, 2010 by YAHOO Sport
LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas will not play again this season after the club confirmed he suffered a small crack in his right fibula during Wednesday's Champions League draw with Barcelona.
Fabregas almost missed out on the 2-2 draw at the Emirates Stadium owing to the severe bruising to his knee and leg he suffered last week at Birmingham.
He came through a fitness test in the warm-up and scored a late penalty to rescue a draw after Zlatan Ibrahimovic had scored twice for Barca and substitute Theo Walcott had pulled a goal back for the Londoners.
Cesc would have missed the second leg against his old club regardless of his fitness after a first half booking.
He suffered the fibula injury in a collision with Barcelona captain Carles Puyol - but the 22-year-old still expects to be fit for the World Cup with Spain.
An Arsenal statement Thursday read: "Following a scan this afternoon, the club can confirm that Cesc Fabregas has suffered a small crack in his right fibula as a result of the collision with Barcelona defender Carles Puyol during Wednesday evening's match.
"As a consequence, Cesc will miss the remainder of the domestic campaign as he will be out of action for at six weeks.
"Everyone at the club wishes Cesc a full and speedy recovery."
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