Really surprised a championship club didn’t pick him up, on a pay as you play deal.. if a club kept him fit for half a season at that level, he could be fantastic, especially at £5k a week.
The baggage he carries is the reason why. Not just the injuries but the personal issues . He’s from Hitchin which is a few miles from me and some of the stories I’ve heard about him when he was younger are horrendous.
Really surprised a championship club didn’t pick him up, on a pay as you play deal.. if a club kept him fit for half a season at that level, he could be fantastic, especially at £5k a week.
The baggage he carries is the reason why. Not just the injuries but the personal issues . He’s from Hitchin which is a few miles from me and some of the stories I’ve heard about him when he was younger are horrendous.
Ah ok fair enough, I had heard bits, but nothing horrendous, I think he’s 30 now, so hopefully matured somewhat…
Signed for Danish club Aarhus until the end of the season.
Honestly can't believe that not a single club in the championship wanted him, especially when a move to the Danish league suggests his wage demands weren't ridiculous.
Rumour has it that Aarhus are playing him 45,000dkk a week. Equivalent of roughly £5,000
Think he made his debut at 16 then kept getting bad injuries along the lines of fractures and broken legs and just couldn't come back so was spent by his mid twenties. Shame as he was some player.
At 19 he was the best teenager in the world, such a shame injuries ruined his career. Still - he scored the best goal we will ever see in my life time.
There were so many games where he was so invisible that I actually thought he was out injured. He was in fact playing the full 90! Comes under the category "someone who made the absolute most of a quite limited football ability". I wish him well playing golf and boring the after dinner circuit with 'legendary' stories of what life on the physios bench for 13 years is REALLY LIKE zzzzzz.
What could have been with Wilshere and Foden in an England team together - Think if they played together in their prime, we'd be looking at one of the best midfields in the world at the moment
Whether we think that he was an unfulfilled talent, it's good to see that he is coaching (albeit at Arsenal) but, even more importantly, the work he is doing, as a result of his daughter having to have surgery because of a congenital heart defect, on behalf of the British Heart Foundation. One in 110 people are born with a heart defect. We sometimes forget that footballers are still human. Money does goes a long way to alleviate the stresses of life but all power to Wilshere for using his daughter's situation to help others.
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Is in talk with Arsenal about taking up a coaching role
Think he made his debut at 16 then kept getting bad injuries along the lines of fractures and broken legs and just couldn't come back so was spent by his mid twenties. Shame as he was some player.