Wenger Factory and his latest gem: Jack Wilshere

It was only a handful of years the Arsenal FC had only English players in their ranks. In the 2005-06 season, when they reached the final of the Champions, the president of the Football Association went on to say that was an English club Arsenal, but his success was not English. At the end only two players born on the island, Cole and Campbell (the latter had been fished out of his semi-retirement a few months before to plug the hole in the defense gunner), as many as Ivorians, for the three or four Spanish French stepped on the grass with the yellow jersey.

The quarry north London club was not working properly and Fabregas was, at that time, the only young talent nurtured by Arsene Wenger that he had weight on the computer. But in the last five years have changed things much. The commitment to youth has been unequivocal. Up the Arsenal midfield has many old players who are almost done with Cesc. Catalan has 23 years, the same as two of its usual partners, Alex Song and Samir Nasri. But after they have begun to sprout a number of talents beardless. Namely:

Kieran Gibbs, the oldest of all, born in 89 in Lambeth, London. At first he played as a wheel, but over time has adapted well to the left lateral position. He arrived at Arsenal in 2004, when the legendary Wimbledon Academy disbanded. He debuted with the first team in 2007 and in 2008 was sold for six months at Norwich City. He is now struggling to earn a spot on the team but the fact is that so far this season has only played in three games of the Premier.

Generation of 90, Wenger has two pearls. The first is Henri Lansbury, who reached the junior level in 1999, debuting with the elderly in 2007. His coach has praised its capacity for sacrifice and his long journey in the field, inviting you to think I could become one of those box to box midfielders so much like the English. He is currently on loan to Norwich City until the end of the season.

The other boy of 90 years will be more familiar: Aaron Ramsey, born in Caerphilly, Wales. His first team was the Cardiff City, where he took the record for youngest to debut Toshack mythical JB. Due to its high quality began to think of it as the player would pick up the baton from Fabregas as the midfield leader. Unfortunately, in February 2010 broke the tibia and fibula, so that the projection was skewed for nine months. Two days after reappear on November 23, was loaned to Nottingham Forest until January 3, 2011. Subsequently, on 22 January was given his first team, Cardiff City. Wenger said to have much confidence in the young Welshman and, therefore, wanted to give you the opportunity to take minutes in a Championship team.

Finally we reached the last jewel in the Factory Wenger, Jack Wilshere, 1992, natural Stevenage, Hertfordshire. At a tender age is showing that it has certain properties that invite optimism. It has great quality, both in the pass as the ball on his feet, so it blends well in horizontal play, but also has speed and offensive, so it also is very vertical. In fact, now plays more delayed than before, going to move from three rooms to start from further back, which has promoted its virtues as a deep-lying playmaker (what a name that scholars happen to English ...).

To make matters worse, despite its technical capabilities and short stature (1.70 m) is not a weak player or delicate, but quite the opposite: it has a lot of grip and does not hesitate in the least in physical contact, honoring the motto of the county of Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not ("Cree and fear not")-in fact sometimes has trouble controlling his temper. Do not exaggerate with praise. Wenger has said that it:

She can find critical turnovers and score goals. He is passionate and committed ... and anyone would want this player to finish plays in the middle. No lies to the challenges and that is a tremendous force that everyone wants to have.

What is significant is that those words were spoken by the technician Gallo when Wilshere was sixteen years old, just turned diecneeeand at New Year. Last season he agreed with his mentor assigned to go in the second round and although the coach would prefer to choose any of the offers of equipment from the Championship, to be guaranteed minutes, but young Jack showed his temper and wanted to go for a premier, Bolton Wanderers. Both liked it unsuccessfully tried to keep him there another year.

A Fabio Capello did not escape the rise of Wilshere and in August was his debut with the senior team, and was a regular in the lower-and became the 10th youngest player to debut. There has been growing and this year is being its final breakthrough. He played 23 games in the Premiership (20 starts), more than any other except pin midfielder Song. And as I usually go to big, your cover letter in the Champions League was a goal that unites some of the qualities mentioned above: vertical, combination and to define quality. With the probable decline in Nasri, next Wednesday will have the opportunity to take a little step in his career in the game that his team face FC Barcelona in the knockout stages of Europe's top competition. Barca's midfield scares many, but among them is certainly not Jack Wilshere, the latest jewel in the crown.

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