Arsenal are prepared to loan Jack Wilshere to Turkish champions Besiktas according to the Evening Standard.
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Sam Allardyce has also made it clear that this season he wants his England squad members to be playing regular first team football for their clubs in domestic competition. Serie A clubs Roma and AC Milan were competing with Crystal Palace and Bournemouth for his signature, but Wilshere ended up joining the Cherries on a one-year deal.
Jack Wilshere faces the prospect of a deadline-day decision over his future after being squeezed out of the first-team picture at Arsenal. The Arsenal midfielder has preferred not to leave London and stay aorund joining Crystal Palace.
Wilshere was offered out for loan by Arsenal in the last few days of the transfer window, and Bournemouth are rumoured to have beaten more than 20 clubs to his signature.
The 24-year-old had dropped down the pecking order under Wenger amid injury problems, missing almost all of last season with a broken ankle. Since making his Premier League debut in 2008, the midfielder has registered just 105 top-flight appearances for the Gunners.
With injuries blighting his career – Wilshere missed pretty much the whole of last season – the key for the midfielder will be to get playing time, and after talking to manager Eddie Howe and former Arsenal teammate Benik Afobe, who is also the godfather to Wilshere’s child, the Arsenal Academy product chose to sign for Bournemouth. Thanks for all your support.’ .
Wilshere met with both Howe and Palace manager Alan Pardew on Tuesday before the former asked striker Afobe to help convince Wilshere. It is a step into the unknown in the respect that Jack is out there on his own in terms of his profile.
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“We had a good football talk and talked about the club”.
