Wilshere wants summer action

The Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger has voiced his concerns about his starlet playing in the tournament, fearing that Wilshere would be overexerting himself following a first full Premier League season with Arsenal, as well as winning his first caps for the senior England side.

Wenger has also called for England to make a decision - one way or the other - over whether Wilshere plays for the senior side or Stuart Pearce's under-21s, as opposed to both.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.