<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere will be sidelined for several weeks after manager Arsene Wenger revealed on Thursday that he has sustained a hairline fracture of his left leg.</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">The England midfielder, 23, was hurt in a collision with a team-mate in training and Wenger said he would be out of action for "a few weeks".</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"The information you have heard about Jack Wilshere is right," Wenger told the club website, confirming reports that had appeared in the British media earlier in the day.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I had a bad surprise because it is a hairline crack in his fibula that makes him a few weeks out.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"There is minimal damage apart from the bone damage -- there is no damage at all apart from that. It was a collision in training and it was all completely accidental."</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Last season Wilshere was side-lined for five months with an ankle injury</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Wilshere has a long history of injury problems, particularly concerning his ankles, and was sidelined for five months last season after undergoing surgery on his left ankle.</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">Arsenal, who beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield last weekend, open their Premier League campaign at home to West Ham United on Sunday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Their other games in August are against Crystal Palace, Liverpool and Newcastle United, while Wilshere is also likely to be a doubt for England's 2016 European Championship qualifiers against San Marino and Switzerland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p> <!--Article End-->