Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger fears Aaron Ramsey may never be the same player again.

And although the Frenchman is confident the player will make a full recovery he candidly admits the mental scars may never heal.

Wenger said: "I rate him as highly as you can, international class.

"What people forget is that when you are a football manager you are always scared.

"If you have the injury that Ramsey has, you know he will come back. But you never know what the psychological impact on your future game is and that is what you are scared of.

"Some players, they put their foot in straight away again and some players are never the same any more.

"They lose that little bit of freedom to go into the challenges. Lose just that and you are not the same player."