The France international sustained the injury in the early stages of their Europa League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano and his country’s football federation confirmed on Friday he would miss the World Cup.
And Wenger fears the 32-year-old will miss the first three months of next season as well.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Leicester City, he told a news conference: “He is of course devastated because of course he has surgery, that means six months out. You will not see him again before December certainly.”
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