Mikel Arteta revealed Shkodran Mustafi faces a long injury lay-off after ruling the Arsenal defender out of next weekend's FA Cup final.
Mustafi missed the Gunners' white-knuckle ride which sent Watford down, and they were fortunate not to squander a three-goal lead.
Now manager Arteta is short of defensive options for the Wembley showpiece which offers Arsenal one last shot at European football next season.
And he admitted his shortage of fit defenders is likely to force his hand in the transfer market. Arteta said of Mustafi's setback: “It looks a really nasty injury again. "We have lost Calum Chambers the week after I arrived here, we lost Pablo as well for three months. “Now we’ve lost Musti so at the back we’re really stretched and
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