Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided news on Tomas Rosicky, his injury and his contract extension which according to the Frenchman will soon arrive as a sign of how much he believes in the Czech International.

Ahead of Sunday’s game away at Liverpool which Rosicky will miss, Wenger said:

I look first for the quality of the player, at his attitude and his leadership. The injuries can happen to anybody. He is not responsible for what happened to him.

I want to extend his contract so that shows you how patient I am. I think he can return to his previous level.

He could be back in 10 days. It’s not a bad injury at all. It’s a Grade One injury, a muscular groin injury, so that is usually 10 days.

He has been out for 18 months and to get your body back to go with such violent physical effort you will have little set-backs.

At the moment he has small set-backs that keep him out for eight to 10 days but once he can regularly play again he will come back to his normal level.