Wenger – Cazorla and Wilshere likely to return in March

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has provided an update on the returns of both Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla.

The midfield pairing have been out for a prolonged period of time, with Wilshere not playing a single minute of the season thus far, while the Spaniard’s injury picked up in the draw at Carrow Road against Norwich has kept him out of action since the end of November.

While Danny Welbeck is closer to a return to fitness than his midfield teammates, and could be involved in the squad for next week’s FA Cup fifth round game against Hull City at the Emirates Stadium, the Frenchman revealed in his pre-match news conference on Friday that both Wilshere and Cazorla are at least a month away from a return to action.

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[The return of Danny Welbeck, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla] will have a positive impact because the belief is there with everybody back. We play a lot of games, we are in the FA Cup, the Premier League, we have two massive games against Barcelona as well so having everybody available will be great.

I think Cazorla and Wilshere will not return in the next three or four weeks, but everybody else, yes [they are available].

Arsenal face Leicester City on Sunday afternoon in a game which could see them climb closer to the top of the Premier League table with a win.