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- Updated: September 9, 2016
Arsene Wenger says he wants “world class” Jack Wilshere to spend his whole career at Arsenal despite loaning him to Bournemouth.
Wilshere left before the transfer deadline on a season-long loan after failing to make the starting line-up in each of Arsenal’s first three Premier League games.
But speaking at his press conference ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Southampton, Wenger made it clear he sees the England star’s long-term future at the Emirates.
He said: “I hope personally that [Wilshere] stays his whole career here. Jack is a world-class player. He doesn’t have to show me he has the quality to play at Bournemouth, he just needs to be back at a competitive level.”
Injuries restricted Wilshere to just three appearances last season, and he missed five months of the previous campaign.
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