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Wenger hopes no psychological damage to Arsenal players over horrific Ramsey injury

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hopes his player's will not be unduly affected by the horrific injury suffered by Aaron Ramsey. The 19 year old suffered a badly broken leg against Stoke on Saturday, following a full-blooded challenge from Ryan Shawcross.

The injury has, however, left Wenger fuming, with the Gunners chief of the opinion that his young side are singled out for rough treatment.

"In midfield against Stoke we had Ramsey, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue, with an average age of 21," said the Frenchman.

"Up front we have Nicklas Bendtner, who is 20. What these guys do, at that age, is absolutely remarkable, to handle the game like they did.

"But of course, if you destroy them, they might not be football players. What is most terrible for me is Ramsey starts his career with a double operation.

"You never know what kind of consequences this will have on his physical side of the game and his psychological side of the game. It's just scandalous."

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