School was out and so was I...
JACK WILSHERE has revealed how his six-year-old son Archie helped him get over his World Cup heartache.
The midfielder, 26, is about to kick off a new career at West Ham after a decade at Arsenal.
His Gunners exit quickly followed his England omission, which had also disappointed his son.
Wilshere said: “I picked Archie up from school and he went out in front of everyone and was like ‘you are not going to the World Cup!’ I said ‘nope, no I’m not mate’. He was like ‘that is not fair!’ I said ‘well, I know’. He got it in the end.
“This was the first one where it would have been nice to be involved and him watching me. But it was nice to watch every game with him.”
Wilshere followed the side’s progress in Russia like every England supporter.
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