Gareth Southgate has shut down Arsene Wenger following the Arsenal boss's comments on Jack Wilshere.

The England manager announced his latest squad for the next international break on Thursday, and once again excluded the Gunners midfielder.

Wilshere has only played 13 Premier League minutes so far this season, with the majority of his game time coming in Carabao Cup and Europa League games.

Prior to the squad's announcement, Wenger said: "A super-fit Jack, I don’t know how you can keep him out of the English squad."

Arsene Wenger believes Jack Wilshere should be in the England squad (
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Jack Wilshere in the Europa League (
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Wilshere in action against Norwich in the Carabao Cup (
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"I don’t know how you get in an England squad without getting in the Arsenal team,’ said the England boss in response.

"There is no question about his ability, his football brain or personality, we just need to see him playing before he comes back in because unfortunately there has been a history of injuries.

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"I’ll be having discussions with Arsene about him, we think he is a top player so for him it’s about game time."

England face Germany on November 10 before taking on Brazil four days later. Both games will be played at Wembley.

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England squad in full

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, Jack Butland, Jordan Pickford

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand, Danny Rose, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Joe Gomez, Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier

Midfielders: Ashley Young, Eric Dier, Fabian Delph, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling, Harry Winks, Dele Alli, Jesse Lingard

Strikers: Marcus Rashford, Harry Kane, Tammy Abraham, Jamie Vardy