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Midfielders
RM: Steven Pienaar
You’ve probably forgotten all about him, that’s how little he has played in recent years. He has made just 25 league appearances in the past three seasons, a very short amount for a talented winger that Steven Pienaar is.
Ever since his move to Tottenham in 2011, the South African has never been the same player he was before the move. The move was never right and since then, injuries plagued the end of the 35-year-old’s Premier League career.
CM: Abou Diaby
The Frenchman could have been one of the best players in the Premier League, but he failed to stay fit for a complete season. In nine years at Arsenal, he made just 124 league appearances in total, a tiny amount when in comparison, Theirry Henry made 254 league appearances in eight years.
Diaby was a monster on his day, as all Arsenal fans knew. But his place in the Premier League injured XI is certainly deserved, with him having made over 20 league appearances in just two seasons out of ten.
CM: Jack Wilshere
Alongside Abou Diaby is, as expected, Jack Wilshere, another Arsenal player. Wilshere was unsurprisingly tipped to be one of the best English midfielders in his playing time, as the then-19-year-old, put on a display, outplaying Iniesta and Xavi for Barcelona in 2011. In that season, Wilshere made 35 Premier League appearances, the next season, 0.
The stress fracture and the time he spent out from that injury when he was 19 years old has haunted the 25-year-old’s career. He has never fully recovered and never played a season like he did 2010/11 again. He still has time ahead of him but it is certainly sure that so far, injuries have destroyed a great talent.
LM: Tomas Rosicky
One final Arsenal player in the XI is Tomas Rosicky. Rosicky enjoyed some great times at Arsenal, but if it were not for some horrific injuries which kept him out for so long, he could have enjoyed some more success with the club.
He missed the whole of the 2008/09 season with a hamstring injury and he also played just ten times in 2012/13. Overall in his 10 years and 11 seasons at the club, he made just 170 league appearances, a number close to Abou Diaby’s, emphasising how little he played due to injury.
