West Ham’s Wilshere opens up on ‘devastating’ injury-hit season
By : AFP
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19 July 2019 11:31am WAT
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Manchester City's Danilo (L) vies for the ball with West Ham United's Jack Wilshere (R) during their match at the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy football tournament in Nanjing in China's Jiangsu province on July 17, 2019. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by HECTOR RETAMAL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Jack Wilshere] instead of [Benjamin Jack Wilshere]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.”
Manchester City's Danilo (L) vies for the ball with West Ham United's Jack Wilshere (R) during their match at the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy football tournament in Nanjing in China's Jiangsu province on July 17, 2019. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by HECTOR RETAMAL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Jack Wilshere] instead of [Benjamin Jack Wilshere]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.”
Manchester City’s Danilo (L) vies for the ball with West Ham United’s Jack Wilshere (R) during their match at the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy football tournament in Nanjing in China’s Jiangsu province on July 17, 2019. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) /
West Ham United midfielder Jack Wilshere said on Friday that missing most of last season with yet another injury was “devastating” — but he hopes a better year is to come.
The 27-year-old is widely mentioned as one of the most gifted England players of his generation but he has been plagued by injury throughout his career.
He left his boyhood club Arsenal last summer for a fresh start at Manuel Pellegrini’s West Ham.
But after a promising start, the former England midfielder suffered a serious ankle injury and made just eight Premier League appearances.
Wilshere, who has 34 caps for England, said: “I want to play a big part this season and play as many games as I can and help the team finish as high as we can.”
Speaking in Shanghai on the eve of West Ham’s Premier League Asia Trophy match with Newcastle United, Wilshere added: “I don’t have to tell you how frustrating it was.
