Arsenal's France international striker Thierry Henry will miss the club's next two games and faces a race against time to recover full fitness in time for the FA Cup final, manager Arsene Wenger said Friday.
Henry's groin problem has ruled him out of the past two games against Blackburn and Chelsea and he will now also miss Monday's clash against Tottenham and next weekend's match at West Bromich Albion.
Wenger is still hopeful that his leading scorer will recover in time to face Manchester United in the FA Cup final on May 21.
"Thierry will certainly be out for the next two games. He will have another scan and only then will we know how long he will be out for in total," said Wenger.
"He could be out for two, three or four weeks, but the good thing is that he will not be out for three months and his future is not under threat.
"He is very important to us but the first thing is health and, if we feel there is a risk, then we will not take it.
"His injury is a sign that he has pushed his body far, so it's more of an alert than a bad injury.
"I think it's more that he has been over-used by the France national team between the seasons. At some stage, you have to slow down."
Freddie Ljungberg is also still sidelined with a hip injury and requires a "complete medical check" to help his recovery programme.
The 28-year-old Sweden international picked up the knock against Norwich earlier this month and aggravated it during training the following week.
Centre-back Sol Campbell has now recovered from his ankle injury, but is again expected to be on the bench for the game against Spurs at Highbury.
"I feel that I rushed Sol back initially and that didn't help him," admitted Wenger.
"He is a massive player and you are always tempted to put him in, but he's been out for a long time so maybe he has to wait a little bit to be completely fit.
"Ideally I want Sol back as quickly as possible and the opportunity will come for him again. He takes it well.
"He's a positive guy. He works hard in training and every day he is getting closer. But Philippe Senderos has done extremely well and you have to be practical."