One man dominated Arsene Wenger's thoughts as he settled into his chair in the executive lounge at Luton Airport. 'Adebayor,' was his first answer, which was strange because the first question of his media briefing was a harmless enquiry about which of his players were not fit enough to travel to Belgium. Wenger quickly realised his mistake and laughed, he meant Almunia. Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia is out of the Champions League game against Standard Liege with a chest infection. With Lukasz Fabianski at least three weeks from fitness after knee surgery, it amounts to a sudden goalkeeper crisis for Wenger, who has no option but to thrust 21-year-old rookie Vito Mannone into action against the Belgian champions. Boy to Man: third-choice keeper Vito Mannone Polish teenager Wojciech Szczesny, who broke both his arms in an accident... [read full story]
