According to Goal.com, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has decided to take Eduardo da Sila, the Brazilian-born Croatian international out for the remainder of the English Premier League season after a recent new injury.
It has only been a few months since da Silva returned from about a year off the pitch because of the terrible injury that caused shivers for all Croatian and English fans watching-- causing him to miss Croatia's Euro 2008 campaign-- a tournament that many believed would have ended better for Croatia than it has if they had him available on the roster.
Ever since Eduardo started playing for Arsenal, the former Dinamo Zagreb star has had terrible in regards to injuries. In addition, he has never yet actually played on a major tournament roster having missed out on the 2006 World Cup because then coach Zlatoa Kranjcar bypassed Eduardo in favor for his own son--who is a talented player but Eduardo is much better.
Eduardo only had four appearances for the English side this season. His most recent match was against English rival Manchester United in the Champions League semfinals (1st leg), a series that they have already lost giving Manchester United the chance to defend their Champions League crown. The 26 year old scored three goals in those four appearances since his return at the end of 2008.
Eduardo's most recent injury is due to groin problems after a clash with Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand.
Does this put the rest of his World Cup qualifying campaign for Croatia in doubt?
I think he will play for Croatia seeing that he is out for the rest of the English Premier League season (Arsenal's last match is on May 24 and Croatia's next match is on June 6th) but it is not yet known the extent of his injuries so even if he does miss the June match, he should be back for Croatia in the more crucial matches, especially the one against England in September (on my birthday as a matter of fact).
According to this article from javno.com, Eduardo told fans that he dreams to play in World Cup for Croatia so I don't think a groin injury would slow down this determined striker.
Eduardo was recently on uefa.com answering the questions of loyal fans (Javno made a point to say that the fans were from all over-- not just Arsenal fans from England or Croatians-- the player has respect and fans from all over). Javno has summarized his answers in the article I linked to above.
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