Former England Boss Backs Arsenal To Win The Champions League and Walcott suffers injury setback

Fabio Capello
Arsenal represent England’s best chance in Europe this season.
Former England manager Fabio Capello has backed Arsenal as the English side most likely to win the Champions League this season, according to the Daily Mirror.
The Gunners have started the season in fine form this year and currently sit top of the Premier League and their Champions League group, with some superb performances and results on both the domestic and European scene.
Capello, who
managed the England national team between 2007 and 2012, and who is now in charge of Russia, admits the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich stand out as the main contenders for the tournament, but admits he has been impressed by Arsenal.
“Before the first round of Champions League games, I thought Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona,” the Italian coach said. “From England, I like Arsenal.”
England’s most recent winner of Europe’s top club competition was Chelsea in 2012, though last season brought about an all-German final between Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, the latter being Arsenal’s next opponents in the Champions League this week.
Arsenal have never won the competition before, but reached the final in 2006 as they fell to a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona.
Capello is a Champions League winner as a manager, having led AC Milan to the trophy back in 1994

Arsene Wenger has confirmed the winger will miss the Gunners' key clashes with Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea as he continues his recovery from surgery
Walcott suffers injury setback
Theo Walcott is set to miss Arsenal's next three fixtures after a setback in his recovery from abdominal surgery.
The winger recently underwent a minor operation that ruled him out of England's final two World Cup qualifiers, but manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that the problem flared up again in training.
"He had a setback. He had to stop, to jog again, I don't think we will see him against Dortmund, nor Crystal Palace nor Chelsea," he said.
"He is at least two weeks away now."
Arsenal have continued their blistering start to the season in Walcott's absence, while Tottenham's Andros Townsend impressed on the right flank as England booked their place at next summer's World Cup.

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