Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger thinks England will want defender Carl Jenkinson4946142

Arsene Wenger believes England will 'fight' to not 7m shed Carl Jenkinson to Finland at intercontinental stage.

The twenty-12 months-old multipurpose defender has been earning praise this period soon after participating in each and every moment of Arsenal's Leading League marketing campaign to day in the harm absence of Bacary Sagna.

Jenkinson, a £1million signing from Charlton Athletic in the summer months of 2011, had struggled in his 14 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners in 2011/12.

But Wenger thinks the youngster's enhancements could see Roy Hodgson 7m.cn make a decision to title him as a shock call-up to his England squad ahead of the subsequent Globe Cup qualifiers against Poland and San Marino in Oct.

Glen Johnson is suspended for the San Marino video game although his Liverpool colleague, Martin Kelly, has sustained a prolonged-phrase knee damage to enhance Jenkinson's probabilities of staying picked.

And Wenger reckons any contact-up would be a shift to maintain Jenkinson absent from Finland, who he is eligible for on his mother's side and has represented at Below 21 and U19 amount as 7m very well as taking part in for England's U17s.

The Arsenal boss said in the Every day Star: "I believe that Jenkinson will have an effect here and you will fight for him not to perform for Finland."

If Jenkinson seems for Finland in a aggressive match up, he would grow to be ineligible for England.