Arsenal midfielder Dani Ceballos out until at least mid-December

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Arsenal have confirmed midfielder Dani Ceballos is aiming to return to full training around mid-December.

The Spanish maestro pulled up in the Europa League game against Vitoria at the start of the month with a hamstring issue.

So far the on-loan Real Madrid man has missed Premier League games against Leicester City and Southampton, and was forced to miss out for Spain over the last international break.

Prior to his injury, £52,000-a-week ace Ceballos (Spotrac) had been used in every single game by manager Unai Emery.

Arsenal also provided updates on Hector Bellerin and Sead Kolasinac ahead of Thursday’s Europa clash with Eintracht Frankfurt.

The full-backs, like Ceballos, have both had hamstring problems and are still being assessed ahead of the meeting with the Bundesliga side.

TBR’s view – Frustration for Emery

Ceballos being out for a few more weeks will be a frustration for Emery, who clearly values the 23-year-old.

He hasn’t set the world alight, but arguably Ceballos has not been used in his best ‘number eight’ position so far.

The upcoming games after Liege are Norwich City, Brighton and West Ham, which the club should be targeting nine points from.

Realistically they should have enough quality to win those games without Ceballos, but their poor recent form could make the job more difficult than it needs to be.