Chris Coleman insists Wales should not be used as a "vehicle" to rest players ahead of club games.
Wales boss Coleman was involved in a public spat with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger last week after Aaron Ramsey sustained a hamstring injury in October and West Brom's Tony Pulis and Garry Monk, of Swansea, have both expressed concern about their players being involved in friendly matches during this international break.
But Coleman is adamant that he will select the team he sees fit for Friday's friendly with Holland, and not one club managers would prefer him to pick.
"We shouldn't be looked at as a vehicle for players to get rest," Coleman said ahead of the Cardiff City Stadium fixture which marks the start of Wales' build-up towards Euro 2016 next summer.
"We'll have over 25,000 people there on Friday night and they'll come to see us perform, not have a rest. We're here to do a job.
"I'll rest a player if he's had a knock, in danger of something happening if he's so fatigued or coming back from an injury,
"Or I'll make a change if I want to give someone else a chance on the pitch.
"But I don't think anyone should be saying who I can pick and why.
"As long we send players back in a fit and healthy state, which 99 times out of 100 we do, it's not for anybody to suggest who international managers should play or how they play.
"I don't think if it was reversed club managers would like if if we said rest him because we're playing afterwards.
"I've got a team in my head, and the changes I want to make, and it's got nothing to do with outside influences."
Coleman must experiment on Friday as his squad have been beset by injuries for Wales' first friendly since they lost 2-0 to Holland in Amsterdam in June 2014.
Star men Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey are both absent, as are strikers Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes.
Leicester's Tom Lawrence, currently on loan at Blackburn, is expected to make his first start and Walsall striker Tom Bradshaw could also make his senior debut.
"There will be times when Gareth and Aaron are not going to be available," Coleman said.
"They're not going to spend every minute of every game on the pitch together and it's been well-documented we've struggled to get all our best players on the pitch.
"But when we've had to call other players up they've always done a great job.
"We've got two world-class players, but the strength of the group is togetherness and that's always been evident."
Holland's miserable Euro 2016 qualifying campaign saw them fail to qualify for the European Championship for the first time in three decades.
But Coleman expects a difficult test against opponents set to include Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder and Memphis Depay.
"People use the word friendly but I'm not sure they really exist when you're playing a top level game of football," Coleman said,
"We're up against good opposition and the fact they've not qualified for Euro 2016 means nothing.
"They're almost rebuilding but we're up against a wounded animal and a dangerous one.
"We know it's going to be tough but we want to perform like we have for a considerable amount of time and try to get a result."
Source: PA
