Wenger will not relent

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will not change his mind regarding his selection policies for the Carling Cup final.

Wenger, who is likely to play a host of younger players in the final against Chelsea, said: "We will not go there and say 'here is the trophy' and come out with our youth team.

"The Carling Cup has taught us that we can rotate and all the players are up to the required level - that is a fantastic situation for the club.

"We want to finish the job we have worked so hard for.

"I believe the boys have the right mental strengths to finish the job, they have already shown that."

He added: "It would not be fair to play the big players.

"I will play the players who have made the whole campaign. They must have contributed at least one game."

He added: "I say today Thierry (Henry) will not play - then if we have three injuries he will play next Sunday.

"You can never say never in our job.

"If you were in my job you would know how difficult it is to say in two or three games what will happen. Nobody knows what will happen.

"Basically, if everybody is available Thierry will not play - but he might play."