EPL: Wilshere to return before season end - Wenger
The midfielder has been absent for
Arsenal since injuring his foot in
England's win over Denmark on March
5, but his manager is hopeful he will
play again before the World Cup
Arsene Wenger is confident Jack Wilshere
will feature for Arsenal before the season
ends and insists the midfielder is
"progressing well".
The 22-year-old is recovering from the
broken foot he suffered during England's win
over Denmark on March 5, and has stepped
up his return ahead of Arsenal’s push for
fourth place and FA Cup final against Hull
City.
"Jack Wilshere should start to jog this week,"
he told reporters. "It is all going well, but we
have to monitor him now day by day.
"The next three weeks will be very important
for him. Can he play this season? Yes."
After reaching the FA Cup final on Saturday
following a tense penalty shootout victory
over holders Wigan, Arsenal will now focus
on league duties having been leapfrogged by
Everton into fourth place over the weekend.
Up next for Arsene Wenger and his squad is
West Ham on Tuesday, and the manager has
revealed his injury crisis has deepened
following the win at Wembley.
"I can't give you team news because there
are so many uncertainties, muscular
problems or fatigue.
"[Tomas] Rosicky and [Laurent] Koscielny we
will test [on Monday]. I will decide later
whether to take a risk with him.
"The main uncertaintities are [Nacho]
Monreal, he has a large bruise, [Alex]
Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was not even
supposed to play on Saturday, [Aaron]
Ramsey, who had to come off with muscle
tiredness."
A run of seven consecutive victories has
seen Everton move into pole position for the
final qualification spot for the Champions
League, but Wenger believes Arsenal winning
their remaining games will see them finish
fourth.
He continued: "We want to finish strong now,
we have a battle with Everton and of course
it's now down to consistency in our final
games.
"We want to achieve it and that's simple. We
just want to not imagine the consequences of
not doing it, what you want is just to focus
on doing it.
"That's where I think we have the focus, the
quality of the spirit, we have the desire and
we are slowly getting our players back so the
squad is not depleted any more. It's much
more stronger than it was two or three weeks
ago.
"The target is of course to win every game.
Experience [of finishing in fourth every
season] counts, yes of course. But the
difference will be the quality that you
produce on the pitch and that is down to
desire, to be faithful to our game we want to
play, and get everybody back into the
squad."
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