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    Wenger: Gibbs will thrive

    By Soccernet staff

    Wednesday, November 4, 2009

    Arsene Wenger is confident youngster Kieran Gibbs will thrive in an unexpected run at left-back in the first team. With Gael Clichy set for an extended spell on the sidelines following a stress fracture to his lower back, 20-year-old Gibbs will start against AZ Alkmaar in tonight's Champions League clash at the Emirates Stadium. It is a role familiar to the England Under-21 international, whom national team manager Fabio Capello has admitted is in his thoughts ahead of next summer's World C ...

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