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Jack Wilshere has not played for Arsenal for more than three months
Midfielder had surgery after injuring his ankle in November
Wilshere returned to first team training but complained of discomfort
Arsene Wenger confirmed Wilshere had more 'minor' surgery
Wilshere is expected to only be out for days rather than weeks

Published: 05:46 EDT, 27 February 2015 | Updated: 07:26 EDT, 27 February 2015

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Arsene Wenger has revealed that Jack Wilshere has had a fresh surgical procedure to relieve some irritation on his injured ankle, which means he will be out for an additional two weeks.

Wilshere, who was out for three months after damaging ankle ligaments against Manchester United in November, only returned to the bench last weekend against Crystal Palace.

But to support the ligaments in his recovery, doctors inserted tiny pins with studs in his ankle area – and these have now been removed.

Jack Wilshere warms up ahead of Arsenal's Premier League clash with Crystal Palace last week

Arsenal midfielder Wilshere arrives at Selhurst Park ahead of last week's match

Wilshere had returned to full training with the Gunners two weeks after three months out

Wilshere injured his ankle after a strong challenge form Paddy McNair

The England international originally had surgery back in November but has had his comeback curtailed

Wenger said: ‘He has little surgery on the ankle, a minor procedure as the studs on his ankle were irritating him.

'It was planned to be done at the end do the season but because it was an irritation, it was done now.’

Fellow midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini have returned to normal training but are ‘not completely ready’ according to Wenger while Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Debuchy remain three weeks away from returning to fitness.