Arsenal Injury News – Cazorla set for Napoli return plus more…

Not only do Arsenal have a very effective and confident first team, who have fired the Gunners to the dizzy heights of the top of the Premier League, but there are some real top quality players in the treatment room. The good news is that Arsenal seem to have gotten over the worst of the injury crisis, which had nine players out at one point. Mikel Arteta and Thomas Vermaelen are fit again, with the Spaniard getting a run out at the end of the home win over Stoke. According to the Mirror, they will soon be joined by Santi Cazorla and Yaya Sanogo. The young French striker has been out with a back problem, but apparently has an outside chance of being in the squad for the Capital One Cup game at West Brom this week. With the Great Dane Nicklas Bendtner having made the bench for Stoke, Arsene Wenger will all of a sudden have a couple of back-up strikers to call on, so Giroud might even get a rest every now and then. Bendtner might even start the cup game, and so might the captain Thomas Vermaelen. One player who is almost certain to start when fit, is Cazorla. He is set for an early return, but not as soon as the others. The Spaniard is set for a return the following week, with the visit of Napoli in the Champions League. With these players back, and Podolski, Chamberlain, Rosicky and Diaby on the way, Arsenal look set to have a fantastic squad available soon, and we will need it if we are to continue with a first realistic title challenge for some years.