Henry to miss FA Cup replay

Thierry Henry has been ruled out of Arsenal’s FA Cup fifth-round replay at Sheffield United tomorrow with an Achilles injury – leaving Arsene Wenger with a striker crisis.

Wenger is already without Dennis Bergkamp, Jose Antonio Reyes and Robin van Persie – all through suspension- while Robert Pires is sidelined with an ankle injury.

That leaves no fully-fit first-team strikers at the club, with Freddie Ljungberg set to move into attack alongside either 18-year-old Quincy Owusu-Abeyie or 17-year-old Arturo Lupoli.

France Under-21 international forward Jeremie Aliadiere has recovered from a long-term knee injury, but he is not considered fit enough to be more than a substitute at Bramall Lane.

Arsenal are also still without Sol Campbell, Edu, Gilberto Silva and Justin Hoyte through injury, although Cesc Fabregas is available again after suspension. Manuel Almunia will start in goal as Wenger plays his second-choice keeper in the FA Cup.

Provisional squad: Almunia, Lehmann, Taylor, Lauren, Eboue, Toure, Cygan, Senderos, Cole, Clichy, Larsson, Vieira, Fabregas, Flamini, Ljungberg, Owusu-Abeyie, Lupoli, Aliadiere.