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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger admits there is an upside and a downside to having so many international stars.
As it stands, up to a dozen Arsenal players could play some part at Euro 2012 next summer - Robin van Persie, Kieran Gibbs, Jack Wilshere, Theo Walcott, Abou Diaby, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski, Nicklas Bendtner, Per Mertesacker and Andrey Arshavin.
That number will swell to 13 if Tomas Rosicky's Czech Republic get past Montenegro in the play-offs and Wenger knows he will have to tread carefully with those who do feature in Poland and Ukraine.
"It is both good and bad to have so many players there!" he told the Official Arsenal Magazine.
"Good because it shows we have many quality players who are present at the big international games. But at the same time it’s bad because the next season they suffer as they can never get enough rest during the summer.
"They have been under massive pressure for a month, and they need a little breather, so the consequences are sometimes very difficult to deal with for the clubs."
[Thursday, November 10, 2011]
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