{"id":10134,"date":"2022-02-20T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/20\/official-former-arsenal-star-jack-wilshere-returns-to-football\/"},"modified":"2022-02-20T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T20:03:07","slug":"official-former-arsenal-star-jack-wilshere-returns-to-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/20\/official-former-arsenal-star-jack-wilshere-returns-to-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Former Arsenal star Jack Wilshere returns to football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Arsenal star and England international Jack Wilshere has, on Sunday evening, seen his return to football confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Wilshere, once viewed as one of Europe\u2019s finest up-and-coming talents in the middle of the park, has of course spent the last nine months watching on from the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the 30-year-old, on the back of spells with the likes of West Ham and Bournemouth, having ultimately been released by the latter upon the conclusion of the 2020\/21 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Wilshere, in turn, had since spent his time away from the pitch earning his coaching stripes back in north London with Arsenal, as part of Mikel Arteta\u2019s backroom staff.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_738509\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-738509\" class=\"size-large wp-image-738509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GettyImages-850289286-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Official: Former Arsenal star Jack Wilshere returns to football\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GettyImages-850289286.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GettyImages-850289286-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GettyImages-850289286-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GettyImages-850289286-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-738509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 SEPTEMBER 20: Jack Wilshere in action during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Arsenal and Doncaster Rovers at Emirates Stadium on September 20, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But, as alluded to above, on Sunday evening, the 34-time capped international has found himself a new club.<\/p>\n<p>In something of a bolt from the blue, a series of posts across social media on the part of Aarhus Gymnastikforening (better known as AGF) have confirmed that Wilshere has put pen to paper on a deal with the Danish top-flight outfit.<\/p>\n<p>The Stevenage native has committed to terms with AGF through the remainder of the campaign, with the option to extend his stay in the summer:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So happy to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackWilshere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JackWilshere<\/a> at our club ?\u2b07\ufe0f Read more about it here (also in english \u2714\ufe0f) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ksdh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ksdh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jackishere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jackishere<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aqO7vcmvit\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/aqO7vcmvit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AGF_English (@AgfEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgfEnglish\/status\/1495457655900590091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wilshere himself, meanwhile, has since too responded to the announcement, taking to his Twitter account to post a simple message of excitement, ahead of getting the latest chapter of his career underway:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let\u2019s go \u2764 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rxjfW0HsIl\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/rxjfW0HsIl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Wilshere (@JackWilshere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackWilshere\/status\/1495467850085158918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/lionel-messis-comments-on-lautaro-martinez-emerge-following-arsenal-links\/\">Lionel Messi\u2019s comments on Lautaro Martinez emerge following Arsenal links<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/mikel-arteta-reveals-emile-smith-rowe-bukayo-sakas-reaction-to-arsenal-chant\/\">Mikel Arteta reveals Emile Smith Rowe &amp; Bukayo Saka\u2019s reaction to Arsenal chant<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Former Arsenal star and England international Jack Wilshere has, on Sunday evening, seen his return to football confirmed. Midfielder Wilshere, once viewed as one of Europe\u2019s finest up-and-coming talents in the middle of the park, has of course spent the last nine months watching on from the sidelines. This comes with the 30-year-old, on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}