Cape Town – Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is not willing to rush Jack Wilshere into the starting XI despite a looming clash with Manchester City.
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Wilshere sealed a season-long loan move to Eddie Howe’s side on transfer deadline day after making just three appearances for the Gunners last season as injuries marred his campaign at the Emirates Stadium.
He sat out of the derby triumph over Manchester United and will miss a further two domestic matches.
Despite Aguero’s absence, Guardiola has a fine array of attacking talent at his disposal and the strength in depth available to the men from Manchester was highlighted by the eye-catching performances of both Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho against Jose Mourinho’s men.
“With the outstanding quality he has, there’s no doubt about that”, Howe responded when asked whether he wanted to start Wilshere, according to Sky Sports. “We want him to play a lot of games for us so we’ll put him in when we think it’s right”, the manager told reporters today.
“He is getting there and I have been pleased with how he has trained”. I thought he had a big impact when he came on at a time in the game when the game was in the balance, really. He’s going to show the whole Premier League what he can do so he can come back even stronger.
I just hope that the rumours in the football media about the on loan Arsenal star Jack Wilshere and another possible injury to his ankle are either wrong or that the scan he is said to have had will show that there is nothing to worry about.
City could become only the second different team in top-flight history to win their opening five league games in consecutive seasons, to join Chelsea who managed the feat in 2009/10 and the following season. This is completely different; it’s basically a free swing.
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The visitors are chalked up as a 17/2 (9.50) chance with SkyBet to claim their first ever league victory against Manchester City, while the same firm offer 9/2 (5.50) that the visitors pick up a point. Kelechi Iheanacho heads the first goalscorer betting at 100/30 in the absence of Sergio Aguero, while Callum Wilson is considered the Cherries’ main threat at 11/1 to net first.
