Dutch fitness coach Raymond Verheijen has hit back at Arsene Wenger and claims the Arsenal boss is in "denial" about how his training techniques are leading to constant injuries at the Emirates Stadium.
Injuries are once again starting to pile up at Arsenal and Verheijen feels Wenger is guilty of overtraining players, something which always leads to a spate of players out with niggles and often derails the Gunners' season.
Verheijen even dubbed Wenger "Le Dino" in reference to how he has not developed his training techniques, but the French manager recently hit back at the Dutchman, defending his methods.
Wenger believes some players are simply more injury prone than others, however Verheijen says the Gunners boss is in denial.
Referring to an injury suffered by Hector Bellerin, Verheijen wrote on Twitter: "Here we go again! Yet another muscle injury for Arsenal. Bellerin misses tonight's Bayern game due to a groin injury.
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"Within the space of 2 weeks the Arsenal players [Aaron] Ramsey, [Theo] Walcott, [Alex] Oxlade-Chamberlain & Bellerin have picked up muscle injuries. Who's next?
"This guy will probably choose denial & put responsibility outside himself again by labelling Bellerin 'injury prone'."
The Dutch fitness coach also mocked Wenger's constant claims of belief in his medical staff, pointing out that the medical department is only responsible for helping players recover from injuries and not preventing them on the training pitch.
"Or maybe he will repeat again he trusts his medical staff although they have nothing to do with causing injuries. They only cure injuries", he wrote.
"Do players get injured because they are injury prone or do players become injury prone because of injury after injury due to overtraining?"
