Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is Out Until 2014 as Recovery is Taking Longer Than Expected: Daily Soccer Report

Arsenal’s injury problems have suffered another setback with the news that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is going to be out until 2014 as his recovery is taking longer than expected.

The knee injury that Oxlade-Chamberlain got on the Premier League opening day game against Aston Villa is taking longer to heal. He won’t be able to begin training until mid-December, which means he won’t be ready for action until January.

Oxlade-Chamberlain joins fellow Arsenal footballers Lukas Podolski, Theo Walcott and Yaya Sanogo who are also recovering from injury.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is out until 2014 as recovery is taking longer than expected — The Mirror
• Crystal Palace try again to name Tony Pulis as new manager — The Mail
• Dan Petrescu so eager to manage Crystal Palace that he’s willing to take a 60% pay cut — The Mirror
• Crystal Palace poised to name Iain Dowie as new manager — The Telegraph
• Manchester United set to open contract talks with Javier Hernandez — The Mirror
• Atmosphere and fans’ role in Premier League games becoming a concern — The Guardian
• Andrea Pirlo puts EPL teams on alert after refusing to commit future to Italian champions Juventus — Mirror

International soccer

• Roy Hodgson could have been Germany coach but for Franz Beckenbauer — The Guardian
• Sami Khedira could be fit for World Cup, says Real Madrid and Germany — The Mail
• Phil Jones returns from England duty after picking up an injury — MEN
• Leo Messi injury a major downer for St. Louis soccer — Pro Soccer Talk
• Man United’s Shinji Kagawa had a 100% perfect passing game for Japan v Holland — 101GG
• Qatar stadium design critics: it ‘looks like a vagina’ — The Raw Story
• Gonzalo Higuain slams NJ turf after Argentina friendly — Football Italia
• English football needs to take a risk says Jurgen Klinsmann — BBC Sport

Football League

• QPR face record fine for losing £80million — The Mail
• Leeds United owners turn down bid for club from consortium involving Lucas Radebe — The Guardian
• FA Trophy tie abandoned on 83 minutes after injury to referee — BBC Sport
• Barnet have 92nd-minute winning goal disallowed after smoke bomb obscures linesman’s view — Pies

A-League

• New era sees Socceroos embrace A-League — SBS

MLS

• Becks to hand NBA star LeBron James role at new Miami MLS franchise — The Mail

Bundesliga

• Bundesliga referees chief considering Google Glass so officials can see replays like TV viewers — 101GG

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