da imperador bet： Jack Wilshere, along with any English player with the ability to play for the national team it seems, is a reported target for Manchester City.
da bet7k： The price tag is steep, but that might not put off City who are looking for young talent to fix their ageing squad problem and homegrown talent to help out their Champions League team. Wilshere is young and has quite a few more years of Champions League football ahead of him. So it makes sense from that point of view.
But does it really make sense to pay over £30m for a player who hasn’t progressed as we all thought he would, who’s had a fair few injuries in his short career and who has had some trouble with making the headlines for the wrong reasons?
At this point in their progress City cannot afford to spend big money on unproven players. Wilshere has a lot going for him, but he needs a big season sooner rather than later. And City can’t afford to wait. Last season should’ve been a wake up call. Chelsea were so far ahead of City that they had the title wrapped up by February, Arsenal look like they could challenge next season and Manchester United are going to spend big too. So City will need to be able to fend off these challenges but at the same time they need to stay within FFP regulations.
Arsenal, on the other hand, are in a good place. If you look at their squad, they’ve quietly assembled a squad with a lot of strength in depth, especially in the midfield. And that might be why Wenger seems so reluctant to buy a holding midfielder. There are just so many midfielders in his squad. Ramsey, Wilshere, Coquelin, Arteta and Flamini are the more defensive of the roster, but Wenger has Rosicky, Ozil, Cazorla and even Alexis Sanchez who can all play as part of a midfield trio.
In some ways, they can afford to lose Wilshere. He’s a good player, but if Wenger could bring in a more dominant midfield player and keep Aaron Ramsey fit he’d have more than enough to cover for Wilshere, and with £30m + on the table, that would be enough money to bring in, say, William Carvalho.
If City are willing to pay that kind of money for Wilshere, Arsenal should consider selling him. Clearly Wenger is confident that the young Englishman can grow into one of England and Arsenal’s best players, but there’s no guarantee that he’ll do it. His range of passing hasn’t really improved over the last few years, and he’s become more of a box to box midfielder than a playmaker, bringing the team forward from deep with surging runs and a series of one-twos.
Arsenal have a history of selling their best players, of course. Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna have all found their way to Manchester City, Robin Van Persie to the other side of Manchester. Emmanuel Adebayor too ended up at City, though Arsenal fans were perhaps happier to see him go. Then there’s the sale of Cesc Fabregas. But this time it just feels different. If City were to come in with a bid, it doesn’t look like Arsenal would be forced to let him go like they were with most of the others. It feels like this time, if Wilshere were to end up at City it would be because Arsenal as a club wanted to sell, and they could certainly put the money to good use.
It’s time for Arsenal to decide which direction they want to take their team in now. They’re only a signing or two short of a real title push, and surely Wilshere is in those plans. But the prospect of an extra £30m in the coffers for a player that Arsenal can do without could be tempting and might be a new signing on top of what they are already planning this summer. It might just be the time to let go of Wilshere.
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