An incredible list of all Abou Diaby’s injuries at Arsenal

As a catalogue of misery, Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby’s injury tally is the Angela’s Ashes of football woe.

As he limped off at the weekend against Aston Villa most observers of Abou Diaby had a rueful smile as they thought ‘there he goes again’.

The French midfielder is probably better known these days for his propensity to break down than for anything else.

The 26-year-old has made just over 100 appearances for Arsenal since he joined in 2006, and this breakdown of his breakdowns, via physioroom.com, explains why.

The lanky Diaby has suffered pretty much every injury imaginable, with more strains than any man should endure.

We count 37 separate injuries here. It makes for grim reading for any Arsenal fan.

Hat-tip to Paddy Power for alerting us to it.