Marseille have announced that they have agreed a deal to sign former Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby. The 29-year-old was released by Arsenal at the end of last season after nine years at the London club in which his progress was severely hampered by injuries. He was offered the chance to stay in the Premier League with West Brom but turned down a move to The Hawthorns. Instead he will be hea...Full Story »

Abou Diaby suffers a broken leg away to Sunderland in 2006 from what Arsene Wenger said was an assassin's tackle. Arsene Wenger has said Abou Diaby will be offered a new contract at Arsenal if the 28-year-old can prove his fitness but admits the France international needs to have full mobility in his ankle having suffered from what the manager said was an assassin’s tackle against Sunder...Full Story »

CAREER DOUBT ... Arsenal crock Abou Diaby ARSENE WENGER fears for Abou Diaby’s career after the Arsenal star’s latest injury shocker. The midfielder, 26, will be out for nine months with a ruptured cruciate ligament — his 36th injury in seven years. Gunners boss Wenger said: “I thought originally it was just a little twist of the knee. “When they told me it was ...Full Story »

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby has been ruled out for eight to nine months with a knee ligament injury.  Diaby, 26, missed most of last season with ankle and calf injuries and has made just 92 league starts for the Gunners since January 2006. A club statement said:  "Abou Diaby injured his left knee in training on Wednesday and he has torn his anterior cruciate ligament.  "Ab...Full Story »

Manager Arsene Wenger is hopeful Abou Diaby can finally overcome long-term injury problems to take his place in the midfield enforcer role at the heart of Arsenal's "puzzle". The 26-year-old started both the Gunners fixtures last week after more than three months out with a thigh problem and is in line to anchor the midfield again at Chelsea on Sunday. It was the latest in a long line of inj...Full Story »

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has praised his backroom staff for their hard work as he continues the festive period with an almost fully fit squad. The Frenchman's side face Newcastle this weekend and will have Olivier Giroud and Tomas Rosicky back fit after they were both missed out at Wigan, with just Andre Santos and long-term absentees Abou Diaby, Lukasz Fabianski and Ignasi Miquel still ...Full Story »

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has announced that Abou Diaby will not be available for this summer's European Championships due to injury. The injury-plagued France international has missed the majority of the campaign due to ankle and hamstring problems yet appeared to be fit heading into the summer. However, the former Auxerre man picked up a calf strain in Arsenal's 1-1 draw against Stoke ...Full Story »

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby has suffered a new injury setback, with a hamstring injury ruling him out of Saturday's match with Wigan, his club confirmed on Friday. The French international has missed almost the entire season so far after undergoing an ankle operation in the summer and his comeback was then delayed by a muscle injury suffered in training. He did make a brief appearance as a s...Full Story »

 Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby has suffered another setback in his bid for fitness, prompting Arsene Wenger to order a raid for Real Madrid’s Esteban Granero. Looks all white: Granero is on Wenger's radar The Gunners boss is understood to be concerned about the impact crocked stars like Jack Wilshere and Diaby will have over the season, and has reportedly deployed a team to Spain ...Full Story »

Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen has returned to action from a long-term Achilles injury with the reserves, but will not be rushed back into the first-team squad for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash against leaders Manchester United at Emirates Stadium. The Belgian centre-half has not featured since the end of August, but played the whole of Thursday night's goalless second XI game again...Full Story »