Arsenal transfer news: Jack Wilshere demanded loan move during crisis talks with manager Arsene Wenger
Injury-jinxed midfielder, 24, is yet to start a game for the Gunners this season and has been axed from England squad
JACK WILSHERE demanded to leave Arsenal on loan during crunch talks with Arsene Wenger.
The injury-jinxed midfielder, 24, is yet to start a game for the Gunners this season and has been axed from the England squad.
Incredibly, he is now Arsenal’s SIXTH CHOICE central midfielder since the arrival of Granit Xhaka.
Wilshere met with Wenger to seek assurances about his future at the club.
The Arsenal boss has no intention of letting Wilshere leave permanently but will consider a loan move before the transfer window shuts on Wednesday night.
Wilshere wants to get a run of games under his belt to win back his place with Arsenal and England.
The midfielder’s career has been disrupted by injury and he has only just returned to full fitness following an ankle problem which kept him out for most of last season.
But he now appears to be behind Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Swiss star Xhaka in the pecking order.
He was a controversial choice for Euro 2016 under former Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson.
But Sam Allardyce left him out of his first squad, to face Slovakia in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday, purely because he is no longer an Arsenal regular.