In a remarkable story, Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has revealed that he personally phoned-up former-Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes after he slaughtered The Gunners on Sky Sports after their 2-2 draw with Swansea City.
After being dealt a serious title-blow at the Emirates Stadium, pundit on the night Scholes, stated that Arsenal were still ‘a million miles away’ from winning the Premier League again, and also stated that Wilshere has gone backwards since his arrival on the scene at 17.
Since then, Arsenal did fail to win the Premier League, but the story has continued as Wilshere has now revealed that he phoned-up Scholes after seeing his comments and admitted that he wanted to have it out with him.
Wilshere, now 22, said: “It was a bit strange – out of the blue. I remember watching it. He was having a go at Arsenal and I was thinking, ‘Is he going to come for me?”
The Arsenal midfielder even admitted he tweeted Gary Neville directly after for Scholes’ number, and the England coach responded with ‘go easy on him’.
“We had quite a good chat. He is entitled to his opinion, I just wanted to know…
“If it had come from a less respected player, I could say, ‘What are you talking about’, but it came from Paul Scholes! So I wanted to get to the bottom of it.
“I spoke to him, he explained it a bit better and told me what he thought I should work on.
“For me, he’s the best English midfielder of all time.”
“For the next few days after he said that, I sat down and talked to my dad and a few of the coaches here. I just wanted to hear what he thinks,” said Wilshere
“I respect him so much and I think he can make a great coach for any young player. I am a young player and he has been there and done it, so I wanted to hear what he had to say.
“He was right, in a certain way. When I first burst onto the scene there was all this noise [about me] and then I got injured. I have had bad luck with injuries but I can’t keep saying I’ve been injured a lot.
“There comes a time when you stop being a kid and I think that’s what he’s referring to – ‘He’s young, he’s got all this potential, you have to start fulfilling that potential.’
“This season, I have improved a lot, scored a few more than I have in the past and got a few more assists. That side of things…
“You can keep the ball and you can look good but it’s those stats that matter. That’s what I have to build on.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
