Walcott out for three months

Big blow to Arsenal and England with loss of influential youngster

Last updated: 19th November 2008

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed Theo Walcott will be out of action for three months with a shoulder problem.

The 19-year-old Arsenal player dislocated his right shoulder while on international duty on Tuesday which ruled him out of England's friendly with Germany.

He was immediately taken to hospital, where he had the shoulder put back into place, but he is now set for a long spell on the sidelines.

Wenger told the French TV channel TF1: "[Theo] dislocated his shoulder during training, he will be out for at least three months."

This injury is a new setback for the player, as it is his right shoulder.

Last year he had surgery on his left shoulder and he only recently returned to action after jarring that shoulder badly at Stoke earlier this month.