Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hasn't ruled out Jack Wilshere moving out on-loan.

Despite losing Alex Song to Cameroon's African Nations Cup campaign, Wenger says Wilshere could be sent away for the second-half of the season.

"[A loan spell] is like a finishing school," said the Frenchman. "It is what we call a post-education experience.

"The spell at Palace really gave Ashley (Cole) the needed confidence and convinced everybody that he could play at the top level because he adapted straight away.

"Ten years later you think it was not a coincidence."