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PARIS, France -- Arsenal captain William Gallas will be sidelined for three weeks with a groin injury, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Gallas faces three weeks on the sidelines after picking up a groin injury in Arsenal's draw at Blackburn.
Gallas has consequently pulled out of the France squad for Wednesday's friendly against Slovakia.
"He has seen the medical staff and is now back in London. He is out for the game," France spokesman Yann Le Guillard told Reuters.
The defender was hurt in a challenge by Roque Santa Cruz during Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.
"He will be out for three weeks," manager Arsene Wenger told the club's official Web site.
France will also without defenders Lilian Thuram and Julien Escude for this week's friendlies against Slovakia's A and B teams.
"These players have seen the team's medical staff and are out," the French Football Federation (FFF) said on its Web site on Monday.
Escude has a groin injury and Thuram has an ankle problem, the FFF said.
On Sunday, Paris St Germain midfielder Jerome Rothen pulled out of the squad because of a groin injury.
Coach Raymond Domenech had enlarged his squad to 36 players when he called up Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre and PSG defender Zoumana Camara. E-mail to a friend 
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