ARSENE WENGER is confident Aaron Ramsey will play again for Arsenal this season.
The Wales midfielder was hurt in Tuesday night's 4-0 FA Cup fifth round replay win at Hull.
He suffered a thigh injury 15 minutes after coming on as a substitute.
That will force him to miss key games in the coming weeks, starting with Sunday's FA cup quarter-final with Watford and the Champions League decider in Barcelona.
But when asked whether Ramsey's season was over Wenger insisted: "I dont believe that.
"At the moment his clinical signs are quite positive. I would say four weeks.
"It was a bit worse than I thought because I didn’t see it.
"Usually when a player gets injured with a muscle, he stops and I did not have that feeling of precaution so I thought he would be available for Sunday."
Per Mertesacker and fellow centre-back Gabriel were also forced off with injuries against the Tigers at a time when Laurent Koscielny was already sidelined.
Wenger added: "Mertesacker came off injured but should be available. Koscielny is not far.
"Will I risk him or not? There is a little medical risk but I have not made a decision yet.
"Francis Coquelin is coming back from suspension and Hector Bellerin is now available.
"My gut feeling is that Gabriel will join in tomorrow and be available."
The Gunners run the risk of being knocked out of two cup competitions in the space of a few days.
They are also eight points behind leaders Leicester in the race for the Premier League title.
Wenger said: "We want to stay alive in all of them but then again lets be focused on the next one.
"I don’t believe anyone in my side this about Barcelona at the moment, or Everton, they are completely focused on Watford."