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01st Dec 2015

Only one of Arsenal’s outfield players has escaped injury in 2015…

A year to forget

Kevin Beirne

Arsenal fans are well used to the team’s annual injury crisis.

It seems that every single season, any time the Gunners run up a head of steam, it all comes crashing down as they have to deal with seemingly half the squad out injured at once.

This year is no different, after Alexis Sanchez and Laurent Koscielny were forced off the field during their 1-1 draw with Norwich on Sunday while Santi Cazorla also picked up an injury.

It’s all the continuation of a growing trend which has seen every single outfield player in Arsenal’s senior squad fall foul of an injury or illness in 2015, except for one man. That man is Joel Campbell.

SWANSEA, WALES - OCTOBER 31: Joel Campbell of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Swansea City and Arsenal at Liberty Stadium on October 31, 2015 in Swansea, Wales. (Photo by Ben Hoskins/Getty Images)

We imagine of all the players in the Arsenal squad, Campbell would be towards the bottom of the list of players Arsene Wenger would be hoping were evergreen…