Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger criticised by France coach Didier Deschamps in club versus country row Arsenal manager Wenger said Abou Diaby should not have been picked for recent international duty after the midfielder sustained a thigh injury in a 2-1 defeat by Chelsea in the Premier League last Saturday and was sidelined for up to three weeks. He will miss France's friendlies with Japan and a crucial World Cup qualifier with Spain later this month. "I think it was a mistake to play him with the national team," Wenger said. I said many times that if France wanted Diaby in Spain they should not take him for Finland and Belarus. But Wenger's comments drew a stinging rebuke from Deschamps, who snapped back: "I want to remind him that I am the only one to decide who will be picked and how long those who are picked will play. There is only one to decide and it's me. It is just the latest spat between Wenger and the manager of a national team. Most recently he complained that promising young players such as Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey were being called up too soon by England and Wales respectively and voiced concerns about the international demands placed on Dutch striker Robin van Persie and Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin.