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÷ JACK WILSHERE has been left devastated by his latest injury setback, Manuel Pellegrini has revealed. The West Ham midfielder is out for at least a month due to an ankle problem and his manager Pellegrini said: ‘He was working so well so of course he was very upset about what happened. He is a player who is not too old but he has a lot of experience already with injury.’

ASTON VILLA are still interested in signing free agent James Collins, Sportsmail understands. The 35-year-old centre back has been without a club since leaving West Ham in the summer.