I’ve always been an admirer of Jack Wilshere. If he’s fit, he’s one of the best players in the country and would grace any Premier League side. Rumour is that Arsenal have lost patience with his fitness record and they’d let him go for £20 million. That’s a lot of money for a player who has been injured so often. Sampdoria bid £6 million for him and that was immediately rejected.
Wilshere was a West Ham fan as a youngster and has intimated that he would welcome a permament move across London to join his boyhood favourites. If we could get him for £8-10 million I’d say that would be a good signing and worth the risk, but I’m told by a senior source at the London Stadium that there’s no interest. “He is too injury prone,” was the response to my inquiry.
My instinct tells me that this attitude will prevail right up until the end of the transfer window, when we might be able to get a cheeky loan or a cheap long term deal. We’ll see.