Jack Wilshere discovered on Tuesday evening that he needs surgery on his tibula in his lower leg, which is his 16th career injury only concerning his ankle, foot or lower leg. Arsene Wenger has stated that Wilshere’s current injury is “not career threatening”, despite needing a plate inserting into his leg.
Supporting his teammate, Mikel Arteta has claimed that the England international’s career and talent must not be wasted.
We know we cannot waste his talent because he has an amazing career ahead of him.
We are responsible for putting that into his head every day and to not allow him to fall down because, at some stage, that is the danger; that he does not believe in himself or his body and he needs to trust himself.
Jack unfortunately has had a lot of difficult moments, but he has shown a lot of character and enthusiasm.
He needs to use it to prove he can get back.
Wilshere has already been out of action for 928 days since 2009, but Wenger has explained to the midfielder that he sees not reason why he cannot be back playing by Christmas.
After looking strong during pre-season, many will hope that Wilshere can get back to full fitness sooner rather than later and get back to his best.
