Ozil to undergo tests

08 October 2014 10:46

Arsenal will be waiting anxiously for news on Mesut Ozil after the German Football Association (DFB) announced the midfielder will undergo tests on a knee injury in Munich.

The 25-year-old has not been able to train with the national team and will be doubtful for their Euro 2016 qualifiers against Poland on Saturday and the Republic of Ireland next Tuesday.

Ozil played the full 90 minutes of Arsenal's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday, but reported for international duty with the complaint, according to the DFB.

The governing body said on its official website: "The Arsenal player had come with complaints in the left knee when he met up with the German team in Frankfurt and on Wednesday morning, he travelled to Munich to undergo an MRI examination."

The news will be a worry for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who is facing something of a midfield crisis with Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta already on the sidelines.

Chelsea's Andre Schurrle was also absent from training on Wednesday morning as he continues a personal training plan inside the team hotel in Frankfurt.

Source: PA