Kim Kallstrom

[RedZeppelin III]

New Arsenal signing Kim Kallstrom faces a spell on the sidelines with a back injury discovered in the medical before he signed on loan from Spartak Moscow.
Midfielder Kallstrom, 31, is set to miss at least six games.
The Swede was hurt on Tuesday while playing football on a beach during Spartak's pre-season tour in Abu Dhabi.
He told Arsenal of his discomfort on arrival at the club on Friday but despite an MRI scan showing no damage, a CT scan found an issue with his back.
The Arsenal medical team provided manager Arsene Wenger with the prognosis, but it was decided Kallstrom would still join and undergo his rehabilitation with the Gunners.
He is expected to miss at least Arsenal's next six matches, in which they face Crystal Palace, Liverpool twice, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Sunderland.
Kallstrom did not train with his new team-mates on Friday or Saturday and will briefly return to Sweden and Russia before moving to London and beginning a course of treatment.
The former Lyon player, Arsenal's only signing in the January transfer window, joined on loan until the end of the season to provide cover for injured midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere, plus the suspended Mathieu Flamini.

sounds like a risky injury to put a timeframe on. Wonder if they have an option to buy in the summer and that's why they've pushed ahead with this .

 

[rurikbird]

Arsenal fans won't be happy when they read this.

 

[Modo]

Meh...

 

[James]

Feel sorry for Kim. Always liked him as a player but I'm laughing at Arsenal's predicament.

 

[dantes]

He was the first player I remember was class on championship manager and you always signed him. Then a few years later he turned out to be class in real life and it makes you think holy fuck how can a computer game predict reality.

The cunt used to get retarded injuries in the game too. Wenger should save his season to a different filename and reload from the last save when he was still fit.

 

[rurikbird]

He was the first player I remember was class on championship manager and you always signed him. Then a few years later he turned out to be class in real life and it makes you think holy fuck how can a computer game predict reality.

The cunt used to get retarded injuries in the game too. Wenger should save his season to a different filename and reload from the last save when he was still fit.

Ha! I know that trick. Too bad it doesn't work in real life.

 

[Judge Jules]

The Arse are insisting they always knew he wouldn't be able to play at all in February.

Yeah right.