New Arsenal signing Merino out for up to six weeks after suffering shoulder injury

Spanish midfielder only signed for the Gunners on Wednesday, but manager Mike Arteta says he probably suffered fracture in training

BAD LUCK: Mikel Merino

ARSENAL have suffered a serious stroke of ill-fortune with new midfield signing Mikel Merino suffering a shoulder injury in his first training session which will rule him out of contention for at least a month to six weeks.

Manager Mikel Arteta confirmed Friday that the Spanish linchpin 'landed' on his shoulder, and another player fell on top of him. "It's probably a fracture," sighed Arteta, "but this is football."