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L F A 5 432 285 5 468 391 6 490 294 6 335 365 7 408 373 7 378 408 8 423 397 9 408 375 10 424 459 11 386 476 12 297 455 15 283 454 Pts 8 8 8 7 6 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 once said Wilshere had ‘Spanish technique, but an English heart.’
That’s quite a combination. Yet Wenger and those patsies on the club board that have allowed him to run the Gunners into the ground have combined to make Wilshere now feel like he is no longer valued at the Emirates.
A shame since he was the one player who really bust a gut to try and drag Arsenal back into yesterday’s defeat at Brighton as the Gunners slumped to a fourth loss on the bounce for the first time in 16 years.
It is understood Wilshere and club bosses remain miles apart when it comes to contract negotiations, due to the fact the Gunners’ offer is more incentivised and reliant on appearances.
In the meantime, the Gunners were quick to hand Mesut Ozil a staggering wage rise of £200,000 a week. Just remind me when he last made an ‘appearance’.
Ozil chucked away his gloves in disgust after Brighton bagged their second goal yesterday while BBC pundit David Pleat urged Wenger to hook the German, saying: “Maybe Ozil is sitting on his haunches at Arsenal.
Pathetic
“They should take him off if he is not bothered. He makes it too obvious, head down, slow walking. It is not good.”
Wilshere has the heart of a lion, while the German appears to have the courage of that pathetic beast from the ‘Wizard of Oz’. ‘Wizard of Ozil’ would seem more appropriate. Following last week’s home hammering by Manchester