Arsenal striker ruled out of FA Cup final with injury

Arsene Wenger has ruled Danny Welbeck out of the FA Cup final and England's forthcoming games.

England striker Welbeck has failed to recover from a knee injury which means he misses Saturday's Wembley showpiece.

Gunners boss Wenger has also told the FA that Welbeck will be unavailable for the friendly with Republic of Ireland and Euro 2016 qualifier with Slovenia next month.

Wenger said: "Danny Welbeck will not be fit for us or for England. That’s basically the only injury we have at the moment.

"When I saw Roy Hodgson last we were both confident that Welbeck would be available but we called the FA yesterday to explain that his bone bruising at the knee was not healed and that he absolutely had to rest

"I don’t know what Roy will say. It just took longer than expected."

Mathieu Debuchy and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are both fit for the cup final while Theo Walcott and Wojciech Szczesny are sweating on their places.