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team. If the opportunity comes this weekend, I’ll be ready.”
He also knows that, with the World Cup next summer, there is another manager he must convince – Southgate.
Wilshere, who has 34 caps, added: “I want to play for my country. I haven’t for a while.
“The manager seems not to favour me, if you like, in that he hasn’t picked me recently. He picked me once and, since then, I have not been in.
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Premier League and, fair enough, that is what I have to do.
“I have been playing in the Europa League and I have felt I have done well.
“If that is not enough, then I have got to get in the Premier League team.
“Until I do that, I am not going to be in his plans. I accept that. And I will try and work hard to get into the Premier League team and, ultimately, into the England team.”
Wilshere is not only playing for his immediate future with to compete well,” he said. “Arsenal are a top team, but it will be difficult for them, too. We played really well against Everton.”
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Arsenal – but also his longterm one as well.
His contract is up in June and talks about a new deal are due this month.
But for Wilshere, it is not a distraction.
“Nothing else goes through your head when you’re playing, except who you are playing against and what you can do to affect the game,” he said.
“If I am a substitute, I am thinking, ‘What can I do, coming off the bench?’ “You know, sometimes, when I am at home I think, ‘What is going to happen? I have only got six months left’.
“But once I am at the training ground, I’m focused, preparing for the next game.”