Wenger will make fresh appeal to England Under 21 boss Pearce over Wilshere

By MATT BARLOW FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 09:38 EST, 5 May 2011

Arsene Wenger will make a final bid to persuade Stuart Pearce to leave Jack Wilshere out of his England Under 21 squad for the European Championship in Denmark.

Wenger plans to talk to Pearce at the end of the season but is aware the final decision is England's.

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Pearce, who selected the player in his initial squad of 40 on Tuesday, is determined not to budge.

He has the support of FIFA rules and Wilshere, who told FourFourTwo magazine this week: 'I will play for the Under 21s. It's down to Arsene Wenger, Fabio Capello and Stuart Pearce but I will never say no to my country.'

Meanwhile, Alan Pardew is hoping to beat off competition from Liverpool and Tottenham and take Ipswich player Connor Wickham to St James' Park.

The Newcastle boss is hoping regular Barclays Premier League football will be a major draw for the England Under 21 striker.

Pardew, who still has his £35million Andy Carroll transfer kitty and wants at least two new forwards this summer, signed Wickham for Reading before the 18-year-old joined Ipswich, and has monitored him since.