Jack Wilshere could be allowed to leave Arsenal

Jack Wilshere’s Arsenal career is on the brink of being over according to none other than Mr. Arsene Wenger. Wilshere, following being loaned out to Eddie Howe’s relegation-battling Bournemouth, had been expected to challenge for game time during the League Cup and Europa League, but fresh comments from Wenger will throw that in doubt:

That decision [Wilshere staying] is not completely made. I want him to have a chance to play somewhere as well.

Given Wenger’s propensity to insist that everyone is staying (Wenger even said that Lucas Perez would remain part of the squad last week), a public admittance that Wilshere could leave does not bode well for his future. It’d be a disappointing end for a player who had the potential that he had, but injuries, form and decision-making have taken their toll, with Wenger apparently unimpressed not only with Wilshere’s form at Bournemouth last season, but also with his desire to leave for a lesser side rather than challenge for a place in the squad last season after he had been left out of Sam Allardyce’s England side. Wilshere, incidentally, has not returned to the England side, even after a change of manager.