Arsenal's Jack Wilshere out of England's World Cup qualifiers

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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.

"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.

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 posted by U15362202, at 11:20 12 Mar 2013

    How will we beat San Marino now?

  • Comment posted by U5618986, at 11:46 12 Mar 2013

    he's not overrated, try watching him play...... in and around lampard and gerrard but with more energy, going to get better too, wouldn't be surprised if in the future he's considered even better than Fabregas

  • Comment posted by AnotherRobinson, at 11:02 12 Mar 2013

    Im a Spurs fan, this is a terrible loss, as much as I hate the Gooners, Wilshere was the much needed drive in our midfield

  • Comment posted by Jeb, at 10:47 12 Mar 2013

    I never really watched Wilshere much before, but when I saw him play against Brazil I completely understood why he gets injured so much. He would draw about 2 or 3 of their players into him and then get rid of the ball at the very last split second as to take them out of the game. Which would unfortunately mean a clattering. You wouldn't want him to change anything though!

  • Comment posted by U15645059, at 14:54 12 Mar 2013

    A Man Utd fan, but love the way this young man is progressing. He play in a way similar to Paul Schools, confidence, passes well, run to space and has a shooting ability also. Jack, I wish you a successful Football careere and may this be the last injury to continue you job injury free.

  • Comment posted by desert penguin, at 10:44 12 Mar 2013

    @2. charlessy
    Cleverley is nowhere near the level of Wilshere and when was the last decent game Rooney had for England.

    @1. Reynolds1986
    So why is this front page news?

  • Comment posted by U1810386, at 18:31 12 Mar 2013

    Deep bone bruising and minor stress fractures should be given 6 weeks to completely heal. Especially for someone like Wilshere who had such a difficult time recovering from a stress fracture last year. Arsenal might be wise to give him longer than 3 weeks.

  • Comment posted by siwroe, at 11:09 12 Mar 2013

    @17. Frankie, so who in your infinite wisdom and knowledge of the game would you play instead?

    There is nothing he can do about being over-rated, that's the fault of the media and the idiots who believe everything they say. He is undoubtedly one of our best players, if not the best. So saying thank god he's injured shows how little you know about the game.

  • Comment posted by PartialityPlease, at 22:20 12 Mar 2013

    @ 209

    Henderson? Henderson?
    Whare aat you you onn?????
    hdcbsdfhicbisdfhcbisdcbhsihguygfi

  • Comment posted by itllalwaysbehighbury, at 21:24 12 Mar 2013

    ''@ iLoveGarethBaleSpurs4Ever

    Really, can,t see JW getting of his
    sick bed and slapping in a demand for a wage rise.

  • Comment posted by U15540518, at 20:18 12 Mar 2013

    The reason he get injure is because players cant deal with him, so they all take turns to do little fouls on him, i see it week in week out the ref got to do more to stop this, its not like hes running and pulls up he get kick left right and center

  • Comment posted by U1810386, at 18:20 12 Mar 2013

    @169 Grim

    By name and nature.

    Wilshere is the best England prospect in a decade or more. I disagree with you assessment of him. He can tackle, his positional sense is good, and he has controlled games against the top teams. He needs to score more goals to be considered a great player, but that might come. His drawback is that he plays in an Arsenal side that is deficient in too many areas.

  • Comment posted by CaptainChristopher, at 18:06 12 Mar 2013

    As i was saying. The people who say he is rubbish clearly aren't arsenal fans and therefore do not watch his every game. Goals aren't a major part of his game yet but that will develop. The haters are clearly soar united fans who are annoyed because they have cleverly whilst arsenal actually have the future (and the present) of the english midfield

  • Comment posted by sam, at 18:04 12 Mar 2013

    People doubt Wilshere but he would start in every prem team! Every European team talks abut Wilshere when they talk about Arsenal. Lets hope his injury doesn't ruin him like Ramsey's (although his from a disgusting 'tackle').
    For Englands sake lets hope its short term.

  • Comment posted by U14620908, at 17:32 12 Mar 2013

    only 3 weeks? He was banned for a lot longer last time, oh sorry lets stick to the script - he is injured and has never taken coke. Jack Wilshere is the perfect role model, as so is his sister

  • Comment posted by MUFC, at 16:36 12 Mar 2013

    @138 ok but what have tottenham and arsenal won in the last 5 years compared to man utd?

  • Comment posted by Welling 4 Promotion, at 16:23 12 Mar 2013

    I think all fans of all English teams should just agree to together:

    1) Rate players with 'amazing' CURRENT ability as 'amazing'

    2) Leave players with 'amazing' POTENTIAL alone, until they fall into the 1st category.

    He has won nothing, he hasn't even come close. He may in the future and then we can talk about him

    don't turn him into another Kieron Dyer

    However I do wish him a speedy recovery

  • Comment posted by U15322537, at 16:23 12 Mar 2013

    @115 Yaboo "Are you sure? Have Chelsea overused Lampard? Have Man Utd overused van Persie, Rooney or Welbeck? or are their squads not good enough?"

    Wilshere is a young lad returning from a 14 month injury absence. He needed to be eased in gently and nursed through this season, but instead has started almost every game and is rarely subbed off. It is a different case for the players you mentioned

  • Comment posted by U15623416, at 11:25 12 Mar 2013

    Wilshere not a great loss are you lot having a laugh England are shocking to watch at times the only time they look any good is when Wilshere is on that pitch making that team tic

  • Comment posted by Weallfollowunited, at 10:43 12 Mar 2013

    He's not going to miss the San Marino game is he?

    We're in trouble now....

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