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Arsenal's Jack Wilshere out of England's World Cup qualifiers
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has been ruled out for three weeks with an ankle injury and will miss England's World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro this month.
The injury also rules the 21-year-old out of Arsenal's Champions League tie against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
The Premier League side trail the Germans 3-1 from the first leg.
"He has an inflamed ankle, the other ankle to the one he injured [before]," Wenger said.
Arsene Wenger“He has some bone bruising. The last time it deteriorated into a stress fracture. That's what we don't want to happen.”
"He will be out for three weeks and will not be available against Munich and Swansea, and not for England."
Wilshere suffered the problem with his left ankle in Arsenal's 2-1 defeat by Tottenham on 3 March.
He had missed the whole of last season with an injury to his right ankle.
Despite having only seven caps to date, Wilshere is seen as a key component of manager Roy Hodgson's midfield as England try to win a place in the 2014 World Cup finals.
He was named man of the match when England beat Brazil in a friendly at Wembley on 6 February.
The youngster would have been a certain inclusion in the squad for England's two World Cup qualifiers this month.
They face San Marino on 22 March and then travel to Montenegro four days later for a game which could decide who tops Group H.
England are second in the group with eight points, two behind Montenegro. Both countries have played four of their 10 games. Poland are third with five points from three games.
This latest blow is a yet another set-back for Wilshere in a career that has been hampered by injury problems.
Jack Wilshere's career
Age: 21
Clubs: Arsenal, Bolton (loan)
Games: 104
Goals: 6
England caps: 7
England goals: 0
He made his debut for Arsenal as a 16-year-old at Blackburn Rovers in September 2008 before being loaned to Bolton in January 2010.
On his return to the Emirates in August, Wilshere broke into the Arsenal team and made 49 appearances in all competitions that season, before being named PFA Young Player of the Year in 2011.
But he spent all of last season on the sidelines and missed Euro 2012 having injured his right ankle in pre-season before suffering a stress fracture during his recovery.
Wilshere has played 26 games for Arsenal and made two appearances for England this season.
Wenger added: "He has some bone bruising. The last time it deteriorated into a stress fracture. That's what we don't want to happen.
"We trust people who are specialists in this area.
"He was out for 17 months and we had to deal with it. We must be able to deal with it for two or three games."
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Comment number 232.
JustTakeItRightAtIt14th March 2013 - 5:53
Based on the way Liverpool are playing atm surely Roy must fancy going with a Liverpool spine, Gerrard and Hendo center mids with Stevie sitting deep and Hendo breaking up the attacks, Downing and Sterling on the wings and surely you can't leave Sturridge out the form hes in. Johnson as always at RB.
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Jo Nathan14th March 2013 - 4:46
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Comment number 230.
JohnM13th March 2013 - 21:28
I don't doubt either his quality or his potential - but unfortunately he's fragile and the position he plays means we won't see as much of him as we should.
Some of the, let's say, more 'pragmatic' (cynical) teams - you know, Stoke, Wigan and West Brom - will put two of their heffers on him and that will be the end of that.
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trojan13th March 2013 - 18:17
228. blav23
gerrard.....!
surely you dont mean for england,
at the euros he was the invisible man (as was the rest of englands midfield in his defence)
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blav2313th March 2013 - 17:54
The only 2 good midfielders eng have got central is wilshire & gerrard, the rest are all pants, so if anyone has a brain to think of 2 right now better tell me. And no more scholes was great rubbish good player but overated.
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