Aaron Ramsey certainly out for season after broken leg, Arsenal confirm

Bystaff Published: 12:47PM GMT twenty-eight February 2010

Previous of Images Next Comfort: Stoke"s Glenn Whelan comes to the assist of Aaron Ramsey, the stricken Arsenal player, who suffered a damaged leg Photo: GETTY IMAGES Impact: the leg of Arsenal"s Aaron Ramsey buckles underneath the plea from Ryan Shawcross of Stoke City Photo: ACTION IMAGES Distress: Ryan Shawcross is consoled by Stoke team-mate Thomas Sorensen after being discharged for his leg-breaking plunge in to Photo: PA

Ramsey, the 19-year-old Wales midfielder, was taken to sanatorium after a plunge in to by Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross, who was after called up to the England patrol to fool around Egypt subsequent week, in Arsenal"s 3-1 victory.

Arsenal currently expelled a statement, confirming the player"s damage and that he had undergone surgery.

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The matter read: "During yesterdays compare opposite Stoke City, Aaron Ramsey postulated fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg. Yesterday dusk he underwent surgery.

"The operation successfully marked down the fractures and while it is as well shortly to state an expect timescale for recovery, Aaron will positively miss the residue of this season. Our thoughts are with Aaron at this time and everybody at the Club wishes him all the most appropriate in creation as rapid a lapse to movement as possible."

Shawcross has pronounced there was "absolutely no malice" in the challenge.

Manager Arsene Wenger was barbarous by the tackle, that he described as "horrendous", but in a matter released by Shawcross read: "There was positively no ill will in the challenge.

"I would never, ever go out to harm a associate professional.

"I am deeply dissapoint that Aaron has suffered such a bad damage and my thoughts are with him.

"I would similar to to send him my most appropriate wishes as well for a rapid recovery."

Stoke team-mates Danny Pugh and Rory Delap pronounced Shawcross had not meant to harm Ramsey.

"There was no antagonistic vigilant from Ryan, he"s not that kind of player," midfielder Pugh told BBC radio. "He"s a great kid and and he"s been detrimental that that"s happened."

Delap said: "He"s a committed player, but he"s never going to go in to a plea seeking to harm someone."

He added: "Everyone knew true afar what had happened. The arbitrate [Peter Walton] pronounced it wasn"t meant, but since of the damage he had to send Ryan off."

The damage had echoes of prior bad injuries suffered by players Eduardo and Abou Diaby in prior seasons.

Wenger said: "I didn"t see most bad tackles in the diversion but this one was horrendous.

"To lose a player of that peculiarity at nineteen years of age when he is only starting his career is only horrendous. It is formidable to accept.

"It is the third player we have lost on tackles that are not excusable - (Abou) Diaby, Eduardo and Ramsey today.

"I am only repelled since that is not football for me. It is not what I similar to in the game.

"If you have to live with that I exclude to do that.

"For a child at nineteen years old to be kicked out of a diversion similar to that, it is over words. I cannot even suffer the win tonight. The players are shocked, it is a bad fracture."