{"id":3322,"date":"2014-04-04T03:40:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T03:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2014-04-04T03:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T03:40:45","slug":"ramseymonreal-in-contention-for-cruch-match-against-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/ramseymonreal-in-contention-for-cruch-match-against-everton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramsey\/Monreal In Contention For Cruch Match Against Everton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arsenal managerArsene Wenger \u00a0says Aaron Ramsey\u00a0is contention to play against Everton\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has not featured for the Gunners since Boxing Day because of a thigh injury but has returned to training ahead of the clash at Goodison Park, while left backNacho Monreal\u00a0may be available after recovering from a foot problem.<\/p>\n

Abou Diaby has also resumed full training having been sidelined for more than a year after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n

“Ramsey and Monreal are back in the squad, so that is good news. Hopefully they will be available for Sunday. [Abou] Diaby is back on the pitches, so that is good news,” Wenger told the club’s official website.<\/p>\n

Wenger also ruled Laurent Koscielny\u00a0out of the match against Everton\u00a0but confirmed the defender is in contention for the club’s FA Cup semifinal against Wigan Athletic at Wembley on April 12.<\/p>\n

“He is still out,” said Wenger. “The earliest [he will be back] is next week, the latest is the week after.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mesut Ozil will miss the FA Cup tie against Wigan but Wenger said the German is likely to return from his hamstring injury toward the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Fourth-place Arsenal\u00a0heads into Sunday’s clash with Everton four points ahead its opponent, but Roberto Martinez’s side has a game in hand over the Gunners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal managerArsene Wenger \u00a0says Aaron Ramsey\u00a0is contention to play against Everton\u00a0on Sunday. The 23-year-old has not featured for the Gunners since Boxing Day because of a thigh injury but has returned to training ahead of the clash at Goodison Park, while left backNacho Monreal\u00a0may be available after recovering from a foot problem. Abou Diaby has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,80],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3324,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions\/3324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}