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Jack Wilshere is to undergo a medical at AFC Bournemouth on Wednesday evening after agreeing to join the south coast club on a season-long loan from Arsenal.

The England midfielder, who has been limited to two substitute appearances to date this season, had been granted permission to seek first-team football away from the Emirates stadium by Arsène Wenger after two injury-ravaged seasons having effectively fallen behind Granit Xhaka, Mohamed Elneny and Santi Cazorla in central midfield. His availability had sparked interest from over 20 clubs from England and abroad, though Wilshere considered the offers from Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Roma and Milan at length.

While he was willing to move overseas and spoke with the former Tottenham Hotspur director of football, Franco Baldini, who is now working as a transfer consultant for Roma about a move, Arsenal rejected the proposal put forward by the Italian club. Regardless, it was the proposals from the two Premier League clubs which the 24-year-old considered the most appealing after talks with Eddie Howe and Alan Pardew respectively on Tuesday. Arsenal would not countenance his departure to a club they consider a direct rival for a top four finish.

Palace had appeared to be in pole position to secure the player, who has been omitted from Sam Allardyce’s first England squad despite being in Roy Hodgson’s party for Euro 2016. Yet, with Wilshere having not completed a full 90 minutes in a Premier League game since September 2014, it is understood the south London club were seeking to pay only a proportion of the player’s £90,000-a-week wages.

Bournemouth, in contrast, are to meet the player’s entire salary, making a move to the Vitality stadium more appealing to Arsenal. The player travelled down to the south coast club on Wednesday afternoon. Arsenal have sold Serge Gnabry to Werder Bremen, with the Germany Olympic player suggesting he was moving to the Bundesliga “to get playing time, to develop further and to help the team”.