Midfielder of the Armenian national football team and London’s ARSENAL Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss the rest of the season due to the knee injury he received during Europa League quarter-finals match against CSKA Moscow on April 5, Mirror informs.
Earlier, Arsene Wenger hoped the Armenian would miss only the match against Southampton. “The scans show rehabilitation period will reach 6 weeks”, the source writes.
Mkhitaryan was transferred from “Manchester United” to “Arsenal” in January. So far he has played 12 matches with “Arsenal”, scoring 2 goals and making 6 assists.
Arsenal-CSKA Moscow match ended 4-1. Mkhitaryan was substituted in the 61st minute as a result of the injury.