Jack Wilshere is not interested in going back to Arsenal on a pay-as-you-play contract.

That is according to former Gunners midfielder David Hillier.

Wilshere is currently training with Italian Serie B outfit Como as he looks to secure his next club.

The midfielder has battled injury issues throughout his career, and Hillier suggests any rumours of a return to Arsenal are wide off the mark.

"I have got inside information on this. I am a lucky man, so I am actually playing golf on Friday with a guy who does all his security systems at his house and he is very friendly with him," Hillier said on the Highbury Squad Podcast.

"He was telling me about him. They are good friends, anyway, from back in the day.

"He said to me that he is just training at the club to try to get another club.

"There's no offer of pay-as-play. He hasn't even spoken to anyone at the club.

"He is happy to take a Championship club and just get back into football. He just wants to play. He wants to get fit.

"And he certainly doesn't want to be someone who goes back to the club and just fizzles out at Arsenal. I know that, for sure. That was said in the conversation.

"He doesn't want to be someone who wants to be a mentor. He still has got playing to do. He wants Arsenal to miss him. Nothing in it."