Wilshere in running for Arsenal U21 role
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Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is a candidate to return to his boyhood club as under-21s head coach.
The Gunners are in the process of replacing Mehmet Ali, who left the U21 role earlier this summer to join Brentford's senior coaching team under Keith Andrews, who replaced now Tottenham manager Thomas Frank.
Wilshere left Emirates Stadium, where he had been under-18s head coach, to take up the position of first-team coach at Championship side Norwich City.
Wilshere was later promoted into the position of interim head coach after Johannes Hoff Thorup left the Canaries in April, but then departed Carrow Road when Norwich appointed Liam Manning as their manager in June.
The 33-year-old former England international could now return to Arsenal, though sources insist no final decision has been made.
Wilshere came through the Gunners academy before making over 150 starts for the club and remains a fans' favourite.