Wilshere England jinx: Arsenal season could be scuppered

Gunners' midfielder misses six weeks as Wenger's injury woe continues

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THERE’S something about an England shirt that does bad things to Jack Wilshere's body. A jinx, a curse, call it what you will, and there is no doubt Arsene Wenger is calling the circumstances of the latest injury to his midfielder many things.

A heavy first-half challenge from Liverpool defender Daniel Agger during England's 1-0 victory over Denmark on Wednesday left Wilshere hobbling round the Wembley turf. He tried to play through the pain but came off in the second half and the initial diagnosis was just heavy bruising.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.