He is the youngest ever debutant for Arsenal’s first team. For years, he was the most favourable player among the North Londoner’s fanbase. But those days are far gone, and Jack Wilshere has succumbed to almost anonymity and those low-profile European leagues.However, he’s revealed that only days have separated him from retirement at the beginning of the year, as his short spell with Bournemouth reached the end. And just as he was thinking about putting an end to his career, Wilshere found his way to – Denmark.But not through an agent or similar as you might think.Jack Wilshere on Mikel Arteta:”He’s not proven top manager, because it’s his first job, but I’ve been with him on training pitch. He’s working really, really hard to try and improve players and I think we are seeing it (the improvement)! [Talksport] pic.twitter.com/dHLHYuIt5Y— AfcVIP⁴⁹ (@VipArsenal) June 9, 2022 The former Arsenal star joined Aarhus in February after some time away from the game, but that move wouldn’t have been possible without the Watford boss Roy Hodgson and the club’s masseur (!?).”I was talking to a few teams, and then this came out of nowhere,” he revealed to TalkSport. “It was actually set up by Roy Hodgson who actually managed the manager who was there.”He had a coach with him at Crystal Palace, Dave Reddington, and he went there in the summer, so he sort of set it up in the end.”I was talking to a lot of clubs and then I just thought, I’ve been in this position for ages, I just need to make a decision and I thought, yeah, I’m gonna go.”Roy was at Watford, I’ve got a good friend at Watford who is actually a masseur and he knew that I was friends with him and they got talking and it went from there.”😳 “I was probably a week away from stopping [my playing career].”🤝 “The move was actually set-up by Roy Hodgson… he’d managed the manager who was at @AGFFodbold.”Jack Wilshere reveals that he was a week away from 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 when his shock move to Denmark came about. pic.twitter.com/ftYF7Jtmdk— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) June 9, 2022 The offer stands to return to Denmark, but 30-year-old Wilshere needs some thinking time as he admitted playing in a foreign country can be a ‘lonely’ experience.FRI: 21.45: (2.04) DENMARK (3.50) CROATIA (4.10)When asked what he will do next he said: “That’s a very good question, what do I want to do? I don’t know. I need a couple of weeks.”
