Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck: Could miss Euro 2016, ‘he was very down and must have had pain’

Danny Welbeck faces a scan that will determine if he will miss Euro 2016 after he suffered a knee injury in Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Manchester City.

The England forward, who did not feature until February this season because of a different knee problem, could join his teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was ruled out of Roy Hodgson’s plans last week.

“The first signs look like lateral meniscus,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. “We have to wait for a scan. I hope it is not bad news. I hope it is not a meniscus but there is a little sign of that.

“Danny is a strong boy and we tried to keep him on the pitch but straight away he tried to move and said it was impossible. At half-time I looked at him, he was very down and he must have had pain. Let’s hope it’s good news. Good news is that he may not be out for the Euros and bad news is that he will be.”

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City captain Vincent Kompany, who also skippers Belgium, has already been ruled out of the tournament and manager Manuel Pellegrini admitted he could be out for the start of next season and Pep Guardiola’s reign.

The centre-back, who was hurt in the 1-0 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid, has undergone an operation in Barcelona.

And Pellegrini said: “Vincent has surgery in his muscles. I don’t know how long he will be out but it will be a long, long time.”

The result means City are only two points ahead of fifth-place Manchester United, who have a game in hand, and will pip their neighbours to the final place in next season's Champions League if they win their two remaining matches.

“If you don’t depend just on what you can do it is more difficult,” admitted Pellegrini. “We should have won that game, and I think we deserved it. We played very well. Things are now out of our hands but we will see on Tuesday what will happen between Manchester United and West Ham. I think we deserve to be in the Champions League.”

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Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck: Could miss Euro 2016, ‘he was very down and must have had pain’

'Good news' said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger of Danny Welbeck's injury, 'is that he may not be out for the Euros, and bad news is that he will be'.