Arsenal ace Jack
Wilshere has given an update on his contract status at Arsenal. The player
revealed that
Wenger had told him he could leave before the beginning of the
2017-2018 season but did not like any of the offers that were available for him
and chose to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal. The player also went on
to say that he was unhappy at being told he could leave Arsenal but that
spurred him to stay and do his best to work his way back into Arsene’s plans
and remain in his boyhood club. |
He said “It was an
honest conversation”, he went further to say “It had been boiling up for a
while. Everybody knew I had a year left on my deal and had been out on loan,
got injured and wasn't really in his plans. He just said: 'At the moment we are
not going to be offering you a contract so, if you can get one somewhere else,
you can go.’”
He went further to say "Obviously I wasn't
happy with what the manager had said but, at the same time, part of me knew all
this already. All I needed was some clarity on where I stood at the football
club. How did I feel after? It did make me think. He'd said I could fight for
my position and, if I performed well in the Carabao Cup and Europa League, I'd
have a chance.
"I had three or four weeks left in the
transfer window but I didn't find anything I wanted and at the same time I
wasn't really fit. So I decided to build up my fitness. I always had confidence
I could get back into the midfield, and keep my place, if I was fit.
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"I'd been in a similar situation the
previous year. I'd come back from the Euros and picked up an injury in
pre-season and, for the first few games, I was not in the team. I knew I had to
play at that stage of my career because, the year before, I had missed a lot of
football [an ankle injury had restricted him to three appearances for Arsenal].
I couldn't just be coming on from the bench, so I went to Bournemouth. A lot of
people disagreed with that decision but I played a lot of games and proved to
myself I still could.
"I had three or four weeks left in the transfer
window but I didn't find anything I wanted and at the same time I wasn't really
fit. So I decided to build up my fitness. I always had confidence I could get
back into the midfield, and keep my place, if I was fit.
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"I'd been in a similar situation the
previous year. I'd come back from the Euros and picked up an injury in
pre-season and, for the first few games, I was not in the team. I knew I had to
play at that stage of my career because, the year before, I had missed a lot of
football [an ankle injury had restricted him to three appearances for Arsenal].
I couldn't just be coming on from the bench, so I went to Bournemouth. A lot of
people disagreed with that decision but I played a lot of games and proved to
myself I still could.”
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