Wilshere set for Euros?

Jack Wilshere made his first Arsenal appearance of the season in coming off the bench in their goalless draw at Sunderland on Sunday. Adam Bate looks at why there might still be time for Wilshere to star for England in the summer…

There’s a tendency for some to regard Jack Wilshere as a mere punchline. Someone for whom appearances on the pitch are interruptions in a career spent in the treatment room rather than the other way around. Not a man to rely on. So the sight of him back in Premier League action at Sunderland at the weekend was a welcome one. Jack’s back.

His run out at the Stadium of Light lasted only 10 minutes, 13 touches, eight sprints and one lovely drop of the shoulder to elude the attentions of Lee Cattermole. It will need more than that to convince Roy Hodgson that Wilshere is worthy of a place in England’s European Championship squad. But maybe not much more.

It’s important to note that Hodgson’s apparent willingness to wait on the midfielder is not as a result of unjustified favouritism but an entirely natural …

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