HENRY 50-50 FOR PSV TIE - WENGER
Arsene Wenger admits he will be taking a "risk" on captain Thierry Henry's fitness for the crucial Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night.
Henry is currently struggling with a troublesome hamstring as well as a foot problem, and was given a pain-killing injection to play in the first leg a fortnight ago.
It is the latest in a series of niggling fitness problems Henry has endured after a gruelling finish to last season, which ended with defeat in both the final of the Champions League and World Cup.
Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor will be available despite his domestic suspension as Arsenal look to overcome a 1-0 deficit to progress to the quarter-finals, they could certainly do with their talisman available against the Dutch league leaders.
Wenger, however, remains cautious over Henry's likely involvement.
"His chances are 50-50, not more than that," the Arsenal manager said.
"He will not train at all but we will risk him by including him in the 18. Whether he starts or not, I do not know, he will have a test on Tuesday.
"I do not think we will give him another injection because that did not work last time."
Henry is desperate to get back into action and feels he is 'paying the price' for continuing to play on earlier in the campaign when not physically ready. More
Henry is currently struggling with a troublesome hamstring as well as a foot problem, and was given a pain-killing injection to play in the first leg a fortnight ago.
It is the latest in a series of niggling fitness problems Henry has endured after a gruelling finish to last season, which ended with defeat in both the final of the Champions League and World Cup.
Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor will be available despite his domestic suspension as Arsenal look to overcome a 1-0 deficit to progress to the quarter-finals, they could certainly do with their talisman available against the Dutch league leaders.
Wenger, however, remains cautious over Henry's likely involvement.
"His chances are 50-50, not more than that," the Arsenal manager said.
"He will not train at all but we will risk him by including him in the 18. Whether he starts or not, I do not know, he will have a test on Tuesday.
"I do not think we will give him another injection because that did not work last time."
Henry is desperate to get back into action and feels he is 'paying the price' for continuing to play on earlier in the campaign when not physically ready. More
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