Wilshere gone

[Burney]

Wrong, he still had the same contract offer that was on the table before AW left, he has decided he wants more game time so has decided to leave, not that we kicked him out

That's all just common politeness to save his blushes. His rather petulant reaction tells you that he was clearly told the only chance he had of a game is if all the midfielders at the club who are better than him (i.e. all of them) were injured or dead.

[Pokster]

That's all just common politeness to save his blushes. His rather petulant reaction tells you that he was clearly told the only chance he had of a game is if all the midfielders at the club who are better than him (i.e. all of them) were injured or dead.

If you want to believe that we would happily pay him around £4-5m a year with no chance of playing then carry on

[Burney]

If you want to believe that we would happily pay him around £4-5m a year with no chance of playing then carry on

And if you want to believe the palpable, face-saving fiction that that was really what was on the table, then carry on.