Arsenal confirm Debuchy out for 3 months after surgery

Mathieu Debuchy is set for three months on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on his left ankle, Arsenal have confirmed.

Goal exclusively revealed last week that the summer signing is set for an extended period on the sidelines after damaging ligaments in his ankle during the recent 2-2 draw with Manchester City.

"He has had surgery and will be out for three months," Wenger told the club's official website. "A reasonable delay is three months.

"It all went well, but it can be a week or two earlier or a week or two later, but it will be around three months.

"It is a blow of course, how big it will be we will only know afterwards because it will be down to how well we replace him. We bought [Calum] Chambers for that."

Hector Bellerin deputised in the 2-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund three days later before Chambers overcame a doubt of tonsillitis to play the full 90 minutes in Saturday's 3-0 win over Aston Villa.