Danny Welbeck

Danny Welbeck | Manchester United & England

Danny Welbeck has been one of the disappointing stories for Arsenal in the last couple of years.

The club signed him from Manchester United with a lot of hope, but he has spent a significant chunk of the last two years on the sidelines. Welbeck has been extremely unlucky with regard to injuries, as he has suffered two major knee injuries in the space of 24 months. As a result, he has made just 19 appearances in the last two campaigns. Welbeck has yet to enter into incredible figures for a season with regard to his Arsenal career.

As the Premier League enters its home straight, we're getting a clearer idea as to how the table will look come the final few weeks of the campaign. While the race for the Premier League title appears to be Chelsea's to lose, currently eight points clear of Manchester City, the battle to finish as the division's top scorer is much more open. With just around three months left of the season, there are a host of players in with a real chance of ending the campaign as the Premier League's top scorer.

Let's take a closer look at some of the leading contenders...

Arsene Wenger has advised Danny Welbeck to go a little easy with his training drills as he doesn’t want the forward to do some sort of damage to his body again.

As per Wenger, players generally remain cautious on their return from injury and opt only for light training in the beginning, but, when he saw Welbeck train the other day, it did not seem to him that he ever had any injury at all because he was going at full throttle straightaway and while that is down to his commitment level which is very high, it’s important for him, at the same time, to avoid over-enthusiasm because he has got a bit of a history of rediscovering injuries and he would not want to rediscover another one.

Arsene Wenger has reiterated that patience will be the key with regard to Danny Welbeck, as the England striker attempts to make an injury comeback once again.

A £ 16 million acquisition from Manchester United in 2014, Welbeck has featured in less than 20 appearances over the last two seasons combined. This has resulted in various doubts about his future with the club. Just as he was making a comeback from a long-term injury last season, Welbeck suffered another major problem to his knee. As a result, he is yet to feature for Arsenal this season.

Arsenal defeated Premier League rival Bournemouth on Sunday courtesy of Alexis Sanchez’s brace.

The Chile international got goals early in the game and late in the duel that saw Arsenal move to third place again.

Arsene Wenger has given an update on striker Danny Welbeck’s potential return back to the first-team fold.

The former Manchester United forward has suffered plenty of injury problems in the last couple of years. He has never really managed to have a consistent run in the first team due to this reason.

Danny Welbeck has been axed out Gunners' 25-man squad for the Champions’ League group stage games due to the injury picked up against Manchester City in their second meeting of EPL.

The England international was signed by Arsenal in September 2014, £20 million from Manchester United in 2011 where he used most of his stay on loan.

Arsenal and Tottenham share one of the biggest rivalries in football and the North London derby is regarded as one of the toughest games in the world.

Yet, there does not seem to be the same kind of animosity between the players according to defender Danny Rose. The Tottenham star was speaking about the potential appointment of Arsene Wenger as the next manager of England. Since the current England team has a number of Spurs players, many pundits predicted that it would be an awkward situation. Rose, though, says that it would not be the case.

Danny Welbeck underwent a knee surgery back on May and it was predicted that he would be missing out from almost 1 year of playing time with his return expected to be done in around March or April of 2017 but recent medical reports are now claiming that the English forward might be back sooner.

“He has an inflammation of his knee and they had to go in again to see if it is healing well. If the healing was not good, he would have been out until April. The news was excellent and he will be back around Christmas. That was the only good news of last week.” Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger said as he stated that Danny Welbeck’s return to the pitch will be completed sooner than what was expected.

English Premier League side Arsenal made a surprise move this summer with the loaning of Joel Campbell.

Sporting Lisbon confirmed the transfer of Arsenal forward Cambell on a season-long loan via its official twitter handle – @Sporting_CP. The Costa Rica international was set to get more chances with the long term injury of Danny Welbeck, even as coach Arsene Wenger is keen on adding another striker before the transfer window closes.