Midfielder Jack Wilshere is set to return to the Arsenal squad for the final Barclays Premier League match of the season at Norwich, but fellow England World Cup hopeful Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain remains sidelined.
The 22-year-old should be involved in some capacity at Carrow Road against the all-but-relegated Canaries, before then looking to sharpen his fitness ahead of the FA Cup final and England's pre-World Cup training camp in Miami - provided he is picked in Roy Hodgson's squad.
"We have everybody who played against West Brom available. We could have the return of (Aaron) Ramsey and Wilshere could be in the squad as well for Sunday," Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said.
"I don't know (how much game-time Wilshere will get).
"He will be ready for the World Cup. For the rest, I do not want to make an individual case of anybody.
"What is important is the team and that we prepare well as a team."
Oxlade-Chamberlain is another Arsenal player hoping to be on the England jet to Brazil.
The midfielder - who missed several months with a serious knee injury suffered on the first Premier League game of the season - has been hampered by a groin problem, and will not be rushed.
"He has not at all practiced with the first team," Wenger said.
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