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Jack Wilshere first suffered his ankle injury against Switzerland © Getty Images

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England manager Fabio Capello has questioned Arsenal's methods for treating injuries after Jack Wilshere was ruled out for a further two-to-three months with an ankle injury.

According to Capello, Wilshere initially sustained the injury while on international duty at the end of last season - as England drew 2-2 with Switzerland at Wembley. But the Italian cannot understand why the Premier League club did not immediately get the young midfielder in for treatment, instead allowing him to go on his summer holidays.

The 19-year-old subsequently returned for the Gunners' pre-season and saw the injury flare up again during a friendly in July, keeping him out of the start of the season and - according to latest estimates - now ruling him out until towards the end of the year.

The Three Lions boss believes mistakes have been made.

"It's not my job to say what happened but he suffered [the injury] against Switzerland and then went on holiday for a month," Capello said.

Turning his attention to Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales, Capello has conceded that he will look to specifically counter the threat of Tottenham's Gareth Bale.

"Gareth Bale is a really important player for Wales. The problem is that it's difficult to stop him," he said. "He receives the ball, attacks the space, is fast - he's really fantastic. I need to decide but we probably will change the style. The position of some players on the pitch will be different.

"I watched the game on Friday [when Wales beat Montenegro 2-1] and he played really well. I saw the game he played against Manchester City and he was so-so, not the top.

"But in the game he played with Wales he improved a lot. He ran a lot, was really fast. He makes a difference, always. We need to be careful at every moment when he receives the ball, find a system to stop him and to stop people passing the ball to him."

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