Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has been ruled out of action for three months with a knee injury, the Germany national team has announced.
German national team medical staff predict the 25-year-old will be unavailable for "10-12 weeks" due to a ligament tear in his left knee, although Arsenal has since released a statement insisting that the club will make further assessments and that "it is too early to say how long Ozil may be out of action".
Ozil, who has played eight games for the Gunners in all competitions this season, will not undergo surgery for the problem.
He sat out the national side's training session on Wednesday to go for a scan, the results of which have now emerged.