Jack Wilshere told the BBC yesterday that his final year with West Ham was draining and that he didn’t want to be around that kind of environment.
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The 28-year-old joined the Hammers on a free transfer in the summer of 2018.
The injury prone midfielder was brought to the London Stadium by Manuel Pellegrini after his contract had expired with Arsenal.
Many fans optimistically hoped that we would finally see a fit and healthy Wilshere strut his stuff in east London.
But the 34-capped England international suffered yet more injury problems during his time with West Ham.
The 28-year-old made just 18 appearances for the Hammers. And he was let go earlier this month after having his contract terminated by mutual consent.
It was clear that the former Arsenal man had no future under David Moyes at the London Stadium.
Wilshere is now a free agent and is looking for another club. The 28-year-old opened up on his troubles at West Ham, when speaking to the BBC:
“People will say what they want and footballers get paid well, but there is nothing more draining and saps your confidence more than when you know you are not going to play, that no matter what you do in training, or what the other players are doing, even if you lose 3-0, you are not going to get an opportunity. I didn’t want to be around that and in that environment. Last season, when I came back after lockdown, having worked so hard to get back to a good level of fitness and was training every day, it just didn’t feel like my opportunity was ever going to come. And, of course, it didn’t.”
The feeling’s mutual Jack. We didn’t want a passenger in our squad. And we certainly weren’t happy with the fact that the highlight of a £100k-a-week player’s season was jumping out of a washing machine.
It works both ways.
If you don’t produce on the pitch and prove to be unreliable from a fitness perspective, you can’t have any complaints with not being selected.
Good luck to him in his future endeavours. But Jack, maybe hold back on the criticisms of West Ham and Moyes in the future.
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