Arsenal Under-18s manager Jack Wilshere is poised to join Norwich as first-team coach.

The 32-year-old is expected to complete a move to Carrow Road in the next few days.

It will not be rubber stamped before the Canaries go to Stoke in the Championship on Saturday, with Wilshere due to be in charge of the Gunners’ Under-18s game against Aston Villa.

Wilshere will replace Narcis Pelach who left Norwich last month to join Stoke City as head coach.

The former England midfielder is seen as a long-term appointment by the Canaries and compensation is not an issue.

Wilshere retired from playing in 2022 at just 30 and has been the head coach of Arsenal’s Under-18s since.

He knows Norwich sporting director Ben Knapper from the Englishman’s time as Arsenal’s loans manager.

Wilshere played 197 times for Arsenal, scoring 14 goals, and won two FA Cups. He also had spells at Bournemouth and West Ham and earned 34 England caps. He ended his playing career with Aarhus in Denmark.

Norwich are seventh in the Championship having appointed Dane Johannes Thorup as manager in the summer.