Chris Coleman trusts the hamstring damage that has precluded Aaron Ramsey of Wales’ opening 2018 World Cup qualifier on 5 September could “possibly” have been avoided.
Grains supervisor Coleman expected Euro 2016 star Ramsey to miss the season’s begin.
Be that as it may, the midfielder was harmed in Arsenal’s Premier League opener against Liverpool and won’t confront Moldova.
“It’s disappointing he’s got an injury. Could it have been prevented? Possibly, yes,” said Coleman.
Ramsey’s appearance in the 4-3 win over Liverpool went ahead 14 August with the player having last showed up for Wales in their 3-1 Euro 2016 quarter-last win over Belgium on 1 July.
Coleman added: “I think we all expected him to [miss the start of the season].
“So I don’t know what happened between then and when he ended up on the pitch.
“Obviously, only Arsenal can answer that. I think, to a man, if you were looking at [Arsenal’s team-sheet], it was a bit of a surprise he started.
“I think Aaron said himself [in France] that he wasn’t expecting to.”
Coleman’s remarks have revived recollections of a spat he had with Arsenal director Arsene Wenger over Ramsey a year ago when the parts were adequately turned around.
This late spring, Wales achieved the Euro 2016 semi-finals, where they were beaten by Portugal as Ramsey viewed from the stands in light of a boycott for gathering two yellow cards amid the competition.
Speaking after announcing his squad to face Moldova, Coleman said: “If you look at Rambo’s physical stats, they’re higher than anybody on the pitch in terms of his high-intensity sprints and the kilometers he covers.
“But he’s still a human being, and it’s not like we were knocked out in the group stage, it was a long tournament for Aaron, after a long, hard season.
“So I don’t know why he was treated differently.
“For me as a manager, when I’m missing one of my best players, I think anybody would understand my disappointment.”
Coleman says he doesn’t anticipate that Arsenal will change their methodology and won’t utilize the Ramsey circumstance against the Gunners.
“I think Arsenal have a certain way of doing things,” he said.
“A lot has been said about their injury list, they’re doing the same things now as they’ve always done – they’re not going to change now.
“That’s up to them, Aaron’s Arsenal’s player. I’ve got to say that I look at it and I’m disappointed because we’ve lost a great player.
“I’m not going to say, ‘in hindsight’ because I’m doing a job myself and I make decisions and sometimes look back and think I shouldn’t have made that decision.
“So I won’t use that against Arsenal. It’s disappointing that we haven’t got him.”
