Wenger thinks injury-prone Frenchman will be okay

I mentioned yesterday that Diaby was not training for France due to “muscular discomfort.” Wenger has confirmed this but suggested that Abou should be fit for Saturday’s match against Southampton.
Diaby was omitted from the French team for their second World Cup qualifier, which they won 3-1 against Belarus. Rumours started circulating that our star man from the Liverpool game was “once again” injured and he was almost blamed for his poor fitness record.
However, Wenger said the following on TF1:
“He has a little pain in the hip, sartorius [muscle]. It does not seem serious at all. He even has a small chance to play Saturday.”
We hope that he will be fit for the weekend, but it might not be such a bad thing if he is unavailable. On the one hand, he’s a very good player who had an excellent performance a...