Wilshere is starting to find his form again on the South Coast with Bournemouth after a difficult few years at Arsenal.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has told Sky Sports that on-loan playmaker Jack Wilshere is benefitting from being free of the limelight that shone so incessantly upon him at Arsenal.
The England international completed a surprise switch to the South Coast in the summer, hoping the move would allow him to play regular first-team football in the Premier League after an injury-marred few years with The Gunners.
And, so far, Wilshere’s decision has been vindicated with seven starts for Bournemouth at the creative hub of their forward-thinking midfield earning him a place back in the England squad after he missed out on Sam Allardyce’s first, and only, selection.
Consequently, Howe beleives that Wilshere’s improved performances are the result of the relative lack of scrutiny he has to endure at the Vitality Stadium.
“The thing for us was to get Jack to enjoy his work, his training, try to get his mind off everything that goes around that – he’s under a lot of pressure, he’s under the microscope with everything he does,” Howe told Sky Sports.
“I think he can achieve anything that he wants. He’s been hampered by serious injuries and when you’ve been out of football for two years, it’s a very difficult thing to pick up your highest level, so he’s building towards that and he’s improving every game.”
There is much room for improvement, however, with Wilshere yet to record a goal or an assist for a Bournemouth side who have started the season in inconsistent fashion.
The profligacy of the club’s forward players is certainly not helping the matter, with The Cherries wasting a succession of clear chances in a shock home defeat to Sunderland last time out.
Yet, with Wilshere pulling the strings in midfield, and Harry Arter (below) scheming from deep alongside him, Bournemouth possess two talented playmakers with a weight of pass that should be the stuff of dreams for a quick centre-forward of Callum Wilson’s ilk.
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