Abou Diaby after spending almost 13 months on sideline returns to action
for the first time when he got 45 minutes on the pitch.
Abou Diaby made his long-awaited return from injury for Arsenal's Under-21 side on Tuesday night.
The 27-year-old midfielder has been out of action since suffering a serious knee problem in the win over Swansea in March 2013.
It
was the latest in a long line of injuries since arriving in north
London for Diaby, considerably blighting his career for club and
country.
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From the Getty image above you
can see the scares on his knee
But he was finally back on the pitch at the Emirates on Tuesday, as
the Gunners' Under-21s lost 2-1 to Chelsea.Abou Diaby divides opinion like nobody else at Arsenal where as before I have been hopeful
that this injury would be his last and he'd finally 'do a van Persie'.
Despite his injury nightmare, the French international recently
insisted he had never thought about retiring.
He said: "I never had such a long break. I never had a knee injury
and it is really weird. You can feel physically there is something
different. But I learnt a lot from my injuries. I can keep things in
perspective.
"I work hard without asking questions. I work hard because I know in the end I will play again.
"I am still a high level footballer in my mind, otherwise I would have given up. But I never think to give it up."
He
has been speaking with courage and confidence we hope he replicate that
on the pitch and stay away from the treatment table and give back
Wenger and Arsenal so much faith the have shown him, especially the
manager who has received a lot of sticks from the fans. This is were we
ask again will he finally 'do a van persie' what will the little boy in
him tell him, will he move on to where he can win trophies? wont Arsenal
become a mediocre club? willl his wife tell him she misses Paris? will
he disagree with the direction the club is moving or he will join the
brigade of nasiri and adebayor for higher pay cheque.
Barclays U21 Premier League - Arsenal v Chelsea
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 22: Abou Diaby of Arsenal cuts
inside Lewis Baker of Chelsea during the match between Arsenal and
Chelsea in the Barclays U21 Premier League at Emirates Stadium on April
22, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty
Images)
The emirate faithfuls
deep down will like him to live to his full potential but the
frustration at Arsenal football club is so unbearable that the cant
continue living on such hope when the are the pogba's, bender's and so
on that are buy able to help keep AFC as contenders.
Do players take advantage of Arsenal policy, class and
the way the handle situation concerning their players and other club issues?
Van persie is a typical example, when he should have stayed injury free to win
us matches he spent it entirely in the physio-room & wants to win trophy
from there. He was one of the reasons we didn’t buy strikers but each season he
kept his most preferred position (treatment table) after lighting us up at the
beginning of each season. Everybody must take a fair share of the blame not just
the management & the manager. After all the years the fans endured with his
injury & supported him, he gave them back a season and left at the time we
needed him most when the team was being given a new shape with additions of good players and most annoying
was his last comments before leaving us and psychologically his comments affected other
players. Well fare well to van pursie at least we are in a better position
today than when he was here. Am bringing Van persie into this because of the
situation we find diaby today, if he can’t
give us two good season his contract should not be renewed rather let couqelin come back and fight for a
place in the team. He can become the viera and makalele else were instead of
bringing us another heart ache when we would have placed our trust on him ‘if’ he starts
doing well.
Have your say at the comment section. Will Diaby do a
van persie?
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