Olsen insists the 22-year-old will not feature in his plans for Denmark unless he is playing regularly for the Gunners.
“Thinking with the eyes of the Danish national team, you have to have minutes and you have to have enough games, and if he’s not playing in Arsenal we cannot use him,” Olsen told Sky Sports News.
“So it is important not only for Nicklas Bendtner but for all the players that they are playing.
“Bendtner has not been 100 per cent fit for a year. We also saw in the World Cup he was not 100 per cent.
“He has not played in the autumn, he has not played many minutes for Arsenal. We hope he will come back and show the talent he is.”
