It's a gamble that could have gone either ways, but there was always the likelihood of the gamble going against him considering the player has not played a single
minute of competitive football in over a month.
The transfer rumour mill is kicking up steam in the
absence of competitive football, but two targets that Arsenal have been linked with could be set to move elsewhere.
The Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is well aware of Jack Wilshere's latent talent as a fiery midfielder, but he is worried that his long absence from the game through injury means that he will not be ready to set Europe on fire in France next month, as a
lack of competitive football may be his undoing.
So the opportunity for the young player to go to either Reading or Birmingham City that The Mirror has reported could be the ideal thing to help Iwobi progress and learn his trade in the cut and
thrust of competitive football.
Brentford seem to be building up a relatively strong relationship with Arsenal regarding taking young players out on loan to build up their
experience of competitive football.
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Jack Wilshere had nearly a whole
season of competitive football at Bournemouth last season, before inevitably getting a hairline fracture in his ankle towards the end of the season.
The study looked at players aged 23 or under across the 31 top divisions in European football and ranked them by the amount and
quality of competitive football they have played since the start of their professional career, with some surprising (and not so surprising) names rising to the top of the list.
The Nigerian who has not played in any
form of competitive football since 2014 when he was released by Schalke O4 missed out on a chance to join English Premiership side Sunderland last season but he has been offered a lifeline to resurrect his career by Lillestrom thanks to the Sporting Director of the team Torgeir Bjarmann.
His partners for most of this season have been; Per Mertesacker (33 and in his last
year of competitive football, could he get even slower?)
Would Howe be a good candidate for the Gunners, or should we be targeting a manager with more experience at the highest
level of competitive football?
The 29 - year - old forward only moved to Spain in July, coming over from Porto for $ 35 million, after which he proceeded to waste everyone's time score three goals in over 1,000
minutes of competitive football.
missed 2 years
of competitive football and his big return is against the best team in the league right now?
The facts are that Laurent Koscielny (32 years old with ongoing achilles problems); Per Mertesacker (33 and in his last year
of competitive football); Nacho Monreal (the youngster at 31, but although he seems to be our most consistent and effective defender he is also getting on in years) and Petr Cech (35) are all getting very close to their sell - by dates.
Looking at yesterday's three in the centre we had Laurent Koscielny (32 years old with ongoing achilles problems); Per Mertesacker (33 and in his last year
of competitive football, could he get even slower?)
Last year, Winks played just 17 minutes
of competitive football, but the 2016/17 campaign has seen the 21 - year - old enjoy more game time, as well as scoring his first senior goal for the club.
Thankfully, this is an age in which the world's best player is not exactly a physical specimen, while several fleet - footed, diminutive attacking midfielders are plying their trade at the very highest level
of competitive football and mesmerising the world.