Wilshere will miss Arsenal’s opening game of the Premier League season against West Ham on Sunday and also could be absent from England’s Euro 2016 qualifiers with San Marino and Switzerland next month.
Wenger said: “I had a bad surprise because it is a hairline crack in his fibula that makes him a few weeks out.” Reports had suggested Wilshere could be out for around two months but Arsenal have not put an exact timescale on the injury yet.
Wilshere missed last Sunday’s Community Shield defeat of Chelsea after sustaining the injury in training the previous day. Wenger initially said it would be a “matter of days” before Wilshere returned but it swiftly became apparent he would miss the West Ham match – and now the prognosis is worse.
It is the latest blow for Wilshere, who returned in May after a lengthy spell out with an ankle problem and has had numerous injuries throughout his career.
Wenger added: “There is minimal damage apart from the bone damage – there is no damage at all apart from that. It was a collision in training and it was completely accidental.”
Wilshere will continue to be assessed and treated by Arsenal and there was no mention of whether surgery would be required or not.
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