Running the international duty injury gauntlet

A few years ago Arsene Wenger likened the use of his Arsenal players by international teams and coaches to them taking a car from his garage without asking permission.

He then added: "They will then use the car for 10 days and abandon it in a field without any petrol left in the tank. We then have to recover it, but it is broken down. Then a month later they will come to take your car again, and for good measure you're expected to be nice about it."