Injured Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere looks almost certain to miss at least the opening three months of the new Premier League season.
Manager Arsene Wenger said last weekend that he hoped the England international, who has not played a competitive match for 14 months, could figure for the Gunners before October.
But it appears the club are far more pessimistic about the midfielder's recovery and do not expect him to return to first-team action until mid-November at the earliest.
First October now November.. Arsenal really do miss him