Henry fitness boost for Gunners
Star striker Thierry Henry is set to recover from a calf strain for Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Roma at Highbury tomorrow night but defenders Sol Campbell and Martin Keown have become fresh injury doubts and face late fitness tests.
Henry, substituted after 77 minutes on Saturday’s 2-2 FA Cup draw with Chelsea, had a full training session today along with co-striker Dennis Bergkamp who also looks certain to return after a calf injury, but now Keown (calf) and Campbell (Achilles) are new concerns for manager Arsene Wenger who has Igors Stepanovs and Pascal Cygan standing by.
Wenger is also poised to recall Robert Pires and Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva to the starting line-up while 22-year-old Stuart Taylor takes over as deputy goalkeeper on the bench with French signing Guillaume Warmuz ineligible.
An Arsenal win coupled with an Ajax triumph over Valencia in Amsterdam will put both the English and Dutch clubs into the quarter finals.
PROVISIONAL SQUAD: Seaman; Lauren, Keown, Campbell, van Bronckhorst, Parlour, Edu, Vieira, Gilberto, Toure, Pires, Ljungberg, Henry, Bergkamp, Jeffers, Wiltord, Pennant, Cygan, Stepanovs, Taylor (gk).
