Should Jack Wilshere replace Ozil at Arsenal – or move away completely?

“He’s a little bit in conflict in this position with Ozil and Sanchez. I believe he can as well play in midfield in a 4-2-3-1, he can play midfield in a 4-3-3. In the system we play, I see him a bit more advanced.”

The boss also said that the contract talks with Wilshere should start (and finish) next month, so his future is decided between them before the next transfer window. “That [will] be decided in December,” Wenger admitted. “I wanted to give him six months not to think about that and see where we go. He was determined and ready to be in the dark at the start and work hard.

“Now he feels as well that he has found that little bit of sharpness that is decided in the first two yards.”

He added, “You always think even if he comes on he can give you a little trick or a little dribble. Jack has a quality that is very difficult to get together.

“He can dribble and he can as well give the final ball. You don’t find that a lot in the same player.”

That certainly sounds like Wenger is keen for the Englishman to stay at the Emirates for the forseeable future, but according to the ex-Gunner Paul Merson, it would be in Jack’s interest to go and play in a different League altogether. “The way he plays, I think going abroad probably suits him and his game, otherwise he is going to go to a relegation-battling team, and that is not his game.” Merson said.

“He needs to get on the ball and play football and be in a team that really are going to have a lot more of the ball than not. So probably abroad to an AC Milan or somewhere like that.”

So is our Jack good enough to replace our departing German next season, or even Alexis? Or should he just accept he isn’t tough enough for the Premier League and move abroad?

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6 Comments

  1. People keep defending Ozil, but when was the last time he actually turned up in a big game? I honestly cannot remember.

  2. Come on folks! Özil is a PLAYMAKER. When the team plays like boyhood fotball there is nothing he can do. No one meets his ball and no one passes him any damn ball.
    The day the team plays good he shows how good he is as playmaker and sometimes he scores as well.

    I believe, Jack and Cazorla (if/when he comes back) in midfield and Özil a playermaker from them to Sanchez and Lacazette would have been an idean scenario.

  3. You can’t expect Ozil to chase back after powerful midfield players, he’s never been that kind of a player. He never done it for Real Madrid and he doesn’t do it for Germany. If Wenger bought the right midfield players to compliment him instead of relying average players like Xhaka, Ramsey and Elneny you’d see a different Ozil. Just imagine if he had Vieira and Petit behind him

    1. We were told just imagine if he had Lacazette infront of him instead of Giroud what magic spells Ozil would cast on defences, we are still waiting for them. Anyways, about Wilshere I think he is talented as a CM but not as a number 10. He cannot match up to the likes of Coutinho, Dele Alli, De Bruyne, Silva, Hazard or Mata. However, given that this is Arsenal, what harm can one more mediocre midfielder do..we already have Ramsey and Xhaka as regular starters.. we might as well given Wilsherea chance.

  4. I like Jack but he isn’t going to take us to that next level, not even Sanchez and Ozil have. Can he replace Ozil, does he track back, is he always up for the fight, does he go missing in big games, does he look lethargic and uninterested, then no he can’t replace Ozil.

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