Jack Wilshere admits he does not know if he has a future at Arsenal following Bournemouth loan move

England midfielder Jack Wilshere has admitted that he does not know whether he has a future at Arsenal or not.

The 24-year-old joined Bournemouth on a season-long loan deal this summer in an effort to kick-start his career following an injury-hit 12 months at the Emirates.

After making just five appearances for the Gunners since May 2015 Wilshere, who joined Arsenal as a nine-year-old, made the loan move after he felt he was falling down the pecking order in north London.

And he has now admitted that he is unsure where his future lies, despite being under contract at the Emirates until 2018.

Bournemouth
The 24-year-old will spend the season with the Cherries

"I haven't really thought about my future beyond getting a season under my belt and just trying to improve as a player," Wilshere told the Daily Mail .

"I genuinely don't know if I am going to end up at Arsenal or somewhere else.

"If you'd asked me two months ago if I was going to finish my career at Arsenal then I would have said, 'Yeah, of course'.

"Two months ago I wouldn't have seen myself being here, but here I am. And I'm enjoying it."

Wilshere felt he was falling down the pecking order at the Emirates
After speaking to Wenger, Wilshere decided to make the move

Since joining Eddie Howe's side on deadline day, Wilshere has started seven of the Cherries' eight games, getting valuable game time that he did not think he would get at Arsenal.

"There were a lot of midfielders and the manager brought another one in," he continues. 'I'd been injured for a while, and I was thinking I was at a stage of my career where I needed to play.

"I'm 24 and I've already missed too much football, and, if I want to get to where I want to be, it'd be no good coming off the bench in every game."

Roy Hodgson prepares to bring on Jack Wilshere and Raheem Sterling
Wilshere played more games for England than Arsenal last season

He also admitted that it was being axed by then-England boss Sam Allardyce from the Three Lions squad was the trigger in making this move happen.

"It was the final straw," he said. "It hurt not being in there."

The Cherries are currently sitting tenth in the Premier League and make the trip to Middlesbrough on Saturday afternoon.

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