The midfielder joined Bournemouth on deadline day of the transfer window.
Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg has told the London Evening Standard that he still thinks Jack Wilshere can have a future at the club.
The midfielder left the Emirates Stadium on deadline day after agreeing on a season-long loan deal with Bournemouth.
He has departed in search of regular first-team football, having found himself down the pecking order in Arsene Wenger’s squad this summer.
There have been suggestions that the Frenchman has sent the midfielder out on loan as a challenge to prove he still has a future at Arsenal.
And Ljungberg believes that he does, so long as he plays regularly for the Cherries this season.
“I don’t know the ins and outs of the deal but everyone knows Jack is an amazing talent,” he told the London Evening Standard.
“I love him but if he could play 38 games for Bournemouth then he’d be back here playing and starting again. I just think he’s had bad luck. If he can play 38 games then he’ll be back and starting again.”
Even if Wilshere does shine with Bournemouth this season, it is hard to see where he fits in at the Emirates in future.
Arsene Wenger has a plethora of midfield options available to him at this moment in time, and Wilshere would face a fight to get in even when fully fit.
In that regard, perhaps he would be better using this loan spell as a way in which to prove himself to other clubs rather than prove he has a future at Arsenal.
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