Reports in England suggest Arsenal defender Skhodran Mustafi is set to miss the next three to four weeks of the season after sustaining a serious hamstring injury against Stoke City on Saturday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the club website in his post-match press conference that the German international is set for a spell on the sidelines during the festive period.

"It’s a bad one. He had nothing in midweek. I would not have played him today (if he had)...He wanted to play in Basel, because he said ‘no it’s nothing’, and it was completely clear. I checked three times and there was no problem for. I don’t know why it happened, but it looks a ‘good’ hamstring strain.

"Look, the minimum when you go out like that is 21 days. After that, today is December 10, so you are 21 days, that means he’ll have a nice Christmas!"