Jack Wilshere has reacted to Gareth Bale's swipe at England by claiming that the Three Lions are not particularly fond of Wales.

In the build-up to Euro 2016, Bale claimed that he and his Welsh teammates have "more passion and pride" than their rivals.

The Real Madrid star also claimed that England "big themselves up before they've done anything", and in response, Wilshere has admitted that there is no love lost.

Ahead of Thursday's Group B clash in Lens, Wilshere told reporters: "We know that Wales don't like us."

When asked if the England camp are fond of Wales, the Arsenal player responded: "Not really. I've never questioned the passion of one of my teammates.

"I've never been on the pitch and thought, 'This guy isn't worried about this'. We all care. We all know what it means to people back home. Especially now because we are a young squad. It was only a few years ago when people like Dele [Alli] and Raheem [Sterling] were 14, 15 watching this.

"So we all know what it means, and we will be ready when Thursday comes. I have played against [Wales] before and we won so they will be looking for some revenge, but I think if we play the way we did [against Russia] and take a few more chances we have a good chance."

Wales won their group opener against Slovakia at the weekend, but England were restricted to a 1-1 draw by Russia.

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Danielle Joynson