Niall Quinn cries foul at young Gun Jack Wilshere

Jack Wilshere has apologised if his anti-Tottenham chants during the FA Cup victory parade on Sunday caused any offence.

The 23-year-old, who came through the Arsenal youth ranks, took to the microphone to mock the club’s fierce rivals as the players celebrated on a stage outside the Emirates Stadium.

In similar scenes to 12 months ago, Wilshere proceeded to lead Arsenal fans in a chant which included expletives against Spurs.

Former Gunners’ striker Niall Quinn said Wilshere had “overstepped the mark”.

While falling short of saying sorry for making the remarks, Wilshere used a Twitter post to apologise to anyone who had been upset by them.

“Sharing back2back Cup wins with so many amazing Gooners is a dream come true. Apologies if I upset or offended any of u with my celebrations,” Wilshere wrote.

Wilshere is set to join up with England later this week for the June internationals, and there is no suggestion at the moment that the FA are looking into the matter. Arsenal, though, issued a swift apology during their in-house broadcast of the event and are understood to have spoken to Wilshere about his conduct.

Quinn felt Wilshere, who also recited a popular expletive-ridden chant about Tottenham as Arsenal celebrated their 2014 FA Cup final triumph, should have shown more constraint.

The former Ireland international, a 1987 League Cup winner with Arsenal, said: “You want passion from your players, no doubt about that, but he has overstepped the mark once more. He has to act a bit better from now on.”

Wilshere’s actions off the pitch may have grabbed the headlines, but there is a growing feeling this Arsenal squad can now go on to challenge for the Premier League title.

Wenger is expected to further strengthen the group in the summer, with the likes of England midfielder James Milner and veteran Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech reported targets.

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey believes results this season at places like Manchester City and Old Trafford have shown what Arsenal are capable of.

He said: “We have learned in the big games how to manage them and it will be important to go into next season with that sort of mentality.

“It is not an easy thing to do to win back-to-back FA Cups.

“We have set the bar and, hopefully, we can go on now.”