It had been reported earlier this week that the 30-year-old had looked on course to return from a knee injury in time for his club's visit to White Hart Lane.

However, Wenger has revealed to Sky Sports News that the recovery time before Sunday's match is "too short" for the French full-back.

Arsenal travel to Spurs knowing that a win will take them to within one point of their rivals in the Premier League table.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City Man City	37	27	7	3	93	33	60	88
2	Arsenal	37	27	5	5	89	28	61	86
3	Liverpool	37	23	10	4	84	41	43	79
4	Aston Villa	37	20	8	9	76	56	20	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	37	19	6	12	71	61	10	63
6	Chelsea	37	17	9	11	75	62	13	60
7	Newcastle United Newcastle	37	17	6	14	81	60	21	57
8	Manchester United Man Utd	37	17	6	14	55	58	-3	57
9	West Ham United West Ham	37	14	10	13	59	71	-12	52
10	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	37	12	12	13	55	60	-5	48
11	Bournemouth	37	13	9	15	53	65	-12	48
12	Crystal Palace	37	12	10	15	52	58	-6	46
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	37	13	7	17	50	63	-13	46
14	Fulham	37	12	8	17	51	59	-8	44
15	Everton	37	13	9	15	39	49	-10	40
16	Brentford	37	10	9	18	54	61	-7	39
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	37	8	9	20	47	66	-19	29
18	Luton Town Luton	37	6	8	23	50	81	-31	26
R	Burnley	37	5	9	23	40	76	-36	24
R	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	37	3	7	27	35	101	-66	16