Wilshere hit with new injury blow

1 February 2012 16:11

Arsenal star and England international Jack Wilshere has developed a stress fracture in his right foot.

The 20-year-old midfielder has not played since England's 2-2 draw with Switzerland last June, and he had been aiming for a February return to the game after undergoing surgery on his right ankle in September.

Arsenal have confirmed the latest injury, and Wilshere took to social networking site Twitter to confirm the news.

"I can confirm I have a stress fracture but it is not in the same area as my first injury which has healed very (well) which I am happy about," Wilshere wrote.

"I have developed a stress fracture in the Heal now and I don't want to put any time scale on it as I do not know how long it will take."

"I will update you more in a couple of weeks when I know more!"