Wenger brought back down to earth as Germany medics reveal Podolski faces THREE months out with hamstring injury

After the euphoria of Mesut Ozil's £42.5million transfer on deadline day, Arsenal have been dealt a major blow after being told Lukas Podolski faces three months out of action due to injury.

The club's medical staff were already resigned to losing the forward for between eight and 10 weeks, but their counterparts with the German national team have run further tests and insist Podolski faces even longer on the sidelines.
Dr Hans-Muller Wohlfahrt, who conducted Ozil's medical on behalf of Arsenal with the playmaker in Germany ahead of his country's World Cup qualifier against Austria on Friday, delivered the news to Arsenal on Tuesday.

Welcome aboard: New Arsenal team-mates Lukas Podolski (left) and Mesut Ozil (right) pose with a club shirt

Blow: Podolski has been ruled out of action for up to three months with a hamstring injury

Muller-Wohlfahrt examined Podolski in Munich and found the 28-year-old had a hamstring tear in his left leg, which will keep him out until December.
Podolski told German daily newspaper Bild: 'Unfortunately I'll be out a long while, around three months.' 
Podolski limped out of his side's Champions League clash against Fenerbahce last week. And despite Ozil's signing, Podolski's injury will stretch Wenger's already depleted squad.
Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott are the only first-choice front men now available to Wenger, with new boy Yaya Sanogo and the much-maligned Nicklas Bendtner as back-up.

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At the double: Podolski recently scored two goals in a Premier League win against Fulham