Mustafi out, Koscielny set for late fitness test - Wenger


Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Europe - Germany Training - Windsor Park, Belfast, Britain - October 4, 2017 Germany’s Shkodran Mustafi during training REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

(Reuters) - Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has been ruled out for six weeks while Laurent Koscielny faces a late fitness test ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash with Watford, manager Arsene Wenger has said.

Germany's Mustafi suffered a thigh muscle injury in the 5-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Azerbaijan on Sunday when he was taken off in the 37th minute after grabbing his right thigh in pain with no opponents near him.

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