Arsene Wenger has insisted that Jack Wilshere will not play for England against Holland on Wednesday, even though the Arsenal youngster was named in Fabio Capello's squad for the Wembley friendly.

Wenger cannot stop Capello calling up Wilshere for an injury assessment but the Arsenal manager is adamant the midfielder will not play.

Hold back Jack: Arsene Wenger insists his young midfielder won't play for England against Holland on Wednesday

After his team's defeat against Benfica in the Stadium of Light on Saturday night, Wenger was incredulous at Capello's decision to name the player in his 25-man squad. 'They can include him as much as they want,' he said. 'He won't play, simple as that. I wish he could.'

It is yet another headache for Wenger, who was facing more problems last night when three more first-team players joined the injury list a week before the start of the new season.

Already without the likes of Wilshere, Theo Walcott and Abou Diaby and, with transfer speculation increasing over the futures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, Wenger revealed that Robin van Persie, Thomas Vermaelen and Kieron Gibbs all took knocks in Saturday night's prestige friendly, Arsenal's final warm-up fixture.

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