Arsène Wenger will urge Fabio Capello to intervene in the debate over Jack Wilshere's participation in the forthcoming European Under-21 Championship, warning that if the midfielder takes part in the tournament he could miss important matches for Arsenal and the senior England team next season.

Wenger has repeatedly warned that Wilshere, 19, risks suffering burnout if he plays in next month's tournament in Denmark, but the Under-21s manager, Stuart Pearce, included the player in the 40-man provisional squad this week.

Wenger says that Wilshere is already feeling the strain of his first full season at senior level and taking part in the tournament will delay his recuperation, meaning he could miss the senior England friendly against Holland on 10 August and the European Championship qualifier in Bulgaria on 2 September. Capello has been reluctant to get involved in the debate, seemingly preferring to leave the decision to Pearce, but Wenger says the Italian would be well advised to veto the player's call-up for the Under-21s.

"I have spoken to Stuart Pearce and I think he will speak to Fabio Capello and I will too," said Wenger. "Indirectly it is his issue because he will lose a player at the start of the season, as I will. He continues to play at the moment but we know from our stats that he has hit the wall a little bit.

"Using him after such a long season can make Jack not available in August or maybe until the beginning of September. No matter what happens I will have to give him at least four weeks' holiday after the tournament – they finish at the end of June and he will not come back until the end of July and then he needs three to four weeks at least to prepare the season. That means he will not be able to play in August."

Wilshere is eager to play in the tournament but Wenger suggested the FA is being irresponsible in allowing the teenager to influence the decision. "It should not be Jack Wilshere's decision. Only the FA can master this decision and they have to react in a responsible way. You cannot ask JW does he want to play because do you really think he will say no? I don't think that's realistic. I would ask the FA to consider the consequences of a boy who is 19 and who has already played around 50 games and then has to play a tournament on the back of that."

Meanwhile, Kenny Dalglish also challenged Pearce's assertion that he needs Andy Carroll, with England set to call up the £35m striker for this summer. The Liverpool manager argues that player development rather than trophies should be the main thrust of youth football. "Winning tournaments is all very well and good but, if you don't get any players to come through, I don't think it is successful," he said.

Germany's recent success at youth level is regularly cited as one of the reason why England should field as strong a team as possible in youth tournament. However, Wenger says that citing the likes of Mesut Ozil and Thomas Muller, who were Under 21 champions with Germany before starring for the senior team in the last World Cup, is fallacious. "I hear many times a comparison with the German players but I find this completely inaccurate," he said.

"First of all the German players had not played the number of games that Wilshere has played this season when they went to the tournament. Secondly, in Germany there is a massive winter break until February that allows everybody to rest well before the World Cup. You cannot compare the two situations."