Arsenal defender Debuchy undergoes surgery, to be out for three months

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that defender Mathiue Debuchy will be out for about three months having had a surgery on his ankle.

The French international injured his ankle during 2-2 against Manchester City at the Emirates and has since then been sidelined.

Gunners manager told the club website on Monday, ''He has had surgery and will be out for three months,'' Wenger said ''A reasonable delay is three months.

''It all went well, but it can be a week or two earlier or a week or two later, but it will be around three months.

''It is a blow of course, how big it will be we will only know afterwards because it will be down to how well we replace him. We bought [Calum] Chambers for that.''