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Arsenal's answer to Hodgson by AH

In light of what Roy Hodgsen said about the lack of English footballers playing in the Premier League, Arsene Wenger spoke about the English talent he had in the Arsenal ranks. Wenger told Arsenal.com about the English divisions that implicate upcoming talent as well as the understanding that all the players want to play in the best league, suggesting that if all the highest quality of players are of different nationalities to English then its inevitable that there will be a decline in English players at the best clubs.

The England manager Roy Hodgson has been speaking about the English International side being at a disadvantage because there are so many top-class foreigners playing in the Premiership reducing the pool of players that Hodgson has got to choose from.

Wenger understands his problem and thinks that the England team are a victim of the success of the Premier League.

Jack Wilshere put in a storming performance for England against Brazil yesterday, which was no surprise to any Arsenal fan. His ability may be set to give Arsene Wenger a headache this summer, however, because he is still eligible to play for the England under 21 team. Stuart Pearce will try everything in his power to persuade Roy Hodgson to release Wilshere, and another Arsenal player Oxlade-Chamberlain, to appear in the European championships in Israel instead of another friendly in June.

Arsene Wenger had a chat with the England manager Roy Hodgson and thought that they had agreed to let Jack Wilshere work his way back to full fitness with Arsenal before he was reintroduced into the England set up. Either Wenger's grasp of the English language is worse than we thought, or Roy Hodgson just decided to completely disregard what the Frenchman said.

Stuart Pearce has lost his battle with Roy Hodgson over the Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, but the manager of the England under 21 side is still hoping to get another Gunner from the first team to join his squad for the European Championship in Israel this summer.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the star of the show for England against San Marion on Friday, and he already has 10 caps and two goals at senior level.

The England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted that he would have liked to have Jack Wilshere in his squad if Arsenal hadn't declared him unfit, but he insists that he has no argument with Arsene Wenger over his refusing to release the Gunners midfielder.

Hodgson said: "The thing about club managers is they've got another job to do," Hodgson told reporters.

Arsenal fans and Arsene Wenger can breathe a sigh of relief after the England under 21 manager Stuart Pearce revealed that he would not be taking Jack Wilshere with him to the European championships in Israel this summer. The young midfielder is eligible to play, as is Danny Welbeck from Manchester United, but they are both regular players in the senior squad now.

The 21-year old Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is being hailed as the next big thing in the England international team. His skills, passion and drive have made his team mates, pundits and people across the football world see him as a bit of a saviour for English football. Liam Brady thinks he will join the likes of Rooney Hoddle and Gascoigne in the ranks of England's best creative players, but the recent reports about one of those players, Paul Gascoigne, shows what too much pressure and expectation can do to people, and the England manager is keen to stop too much talk about Jack's potential.

Liam Brady has been Head of Youth Development and Academy Director at Arsenal since 1996, and Jack Wilshere joined the club as a nine year old just months after the former Gunner took charge. That gives Brady a great insight into the progress and ability of Wilshere, and the Irishman has been extolling his virtues ahead of the England friendly tomorrow.

Theo Walcott is proving his value to Arsenal with his goalscoring this season, whether playing from the right or through the middle, and he could be given the chance to show what he can do for England this week. The visit of Brazil to Wembley on Wednesday is a real glamour tie, and Walcott's hopes of getting the chance to score were given a boost today from Daniel Sturridge.

It is understandable that fans of Arsenal and England are delighted to see the so-year old midfielder, Jack Wilshere, back on a football pitch after over a year struggling to come back from injury. Jack has looked lively already, but has declared that he is not even close to being back at his best yet, and that it may be some time before he is.

Jack Wilshere has already surprised people with his performances for Arsenal since returning from his long and horrendous injury problems, but Jack promises that there is much more to come, and it will not be long before we see it.

Arsene Wenger has been ultra cautious with our midfield star, physically and mentally, but it seems to have worked so far.

The England manager Roy Hodgson has defied Arsene Wenger's wishes by calling up Jack Wilshere for this weeks friendly with Sweden, but he has tried to assure the Arsenal manager that he will not be putting any undue pressure on the youngster, who has only just played one full game in the last 16 months.

I may have jumped the gun a bit yesterday by having a go at Roy Hodgson for not including the young Arsenal right back, Carl Jenkinson, in his England squad to face Sweden in a friendly next week. His name was not included in the squad list released by the FA, but will be included, apparently, as long as he finally receives his clearance from FIFA, Hodgson explained.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he has spoken to Roy Hodgson about including the young Arsenal midfielder, Jack Wilsher, in the England squad to face Sweden next week. He is hoping that Hodgson has just called him up to give him time at the England set-up again but won't actually have him playing on the pitch.

Arsene Wenger has had Jack Wilshere back in the Arsenal team for just over an hour, but he is already having to field questions about the young midfielders next appearance for the England national team. There is a friendly in two weeks against Sweden and Wenger is adamant that Jack should not be included in the squad and hopes that Roy Hodgson is sensible enough to take his advice.

When Arsenal played Olympiakos in the Champions League, Roy Hodgson and Arsene Wenger spent most of the game in discussions about the up-coming England fixtures and the outcome was that both Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson ended up getting invited to join up with England, but it seems that Wenger also persuaded Hodgson not to rush Jack Wilshere back to quickly after his 14 months on the treatment table.

Roy Hodgson's England team travel to Warsaw on Tuesday night knowing that a win against Poland will increase their lead at the top of World Cup qualifying Group H and with it, improve their chances of reaching Brazil in 2014. However, defeat would have the opposite effect and would put England's chances of automatic qualification in doubt as Poland would draw level on seven points with a game in hand.

The Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson trained with the England team the other day and most papers reported it as just being part of the settling-in process with a view to joining up with England for the next World Cup Qualifiers next month, but it seems that was wrong.

The Tottenham right-back Kyle Walker missed that training session through injury and Hodgson had asked Jenkinson to come in as cover for Glen Johnson, and was hoping to officially give him his first senior cap against Poland tomorrow as Hodgson is set to name a completely different team to the one that faced San Marino.

The England manager Roy Hodgson watched his team totally dominate San Marino with 86% of the possession and a comfortable five-goal win, but his joy was tempered by the "vicious" attack on Theo Walcott at the beginning of the game, which saw the Arsenal winger having to spend the night in hospital.

Just over a year after buying Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton, senior figures at Arsenal are ready to give the 19-year old England international a new and improved contract as a reward for his fantastic, form and improvement since coming to the Emirates. The Ox works as hard as his namesake and has got a brilliant attitude.

Arsene Wenger has re-stated that he will not be tempted to rush the England international Jack Wilshere back in to first team action for Arsenal, no matter how much we all want to see him play again. The 20-year old midfielder completed his first football in well over a year this week, playing for a about an hour with the under-21s.

Jenkinson may get an England call up by TS

Carl Jenkinson is having his break out season. News that Roy Hodgson is planning an England call-up for the young defender has come as a shock to some but when you look at his overall performances this year, its not shocking at all.

Just a quick post.

In this weeks 'things to look out for' column in The Guardian, I was alerted to an old blog written by Paul Doyle about Hodgson's arrival at Fulham during the winter of the 'Great Escape' season.

Doyle not only gives a very insightful review of Hodgson's past but also makes bold claims that Hodgson will be an excellent choice for Fulham at a time when most did not give us a hope of staying up and the majority of mainstream journalists were asking questions such as 'Hodgson who?

Just a quick post.

In this weeks 'things to look out for' column in The Guardian, I was alerted to an old blog written by Paul Doyle about Hodgson's arrival at Fulham during the winter of the 'Great Escape' season.

Doyle not only gives a very insightful review of Hodgson's past but also makes bold claims that Hodgson will be an excellent choice for Fulham at a time when most did not give us a hope of staying up and the majority of mainstream journalists were asking questions such as 'Hodgson who?

Football On My Mind isan occasional series of articles about current events in the game,not just about Spurs. Endlessly curious, it's called On My Mind because it is, always.

Lastweek England manager Roy Hodgson committed what appears to be a cardinal sin in contemporary football.

"A star player will be sold for a decent amount of cash around a transfer deadline. The club will then use that money to unearth some overlooked talent."

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The Club can today confirm that it has reached an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur for the transfer of midfielder Mousa Dembélé.