Outside of a sending-off for Arsenal’s youth side earlier in this season, the on-field behaviour of Jack Wilshere has largely been fine. Off the pitch, however, Wilshere has proven time after time that he’s a poor role model as he’s behaved like a poster-boy for all of the bad stereotypes about footballers when it comes to drinking, smoking and acting more like a rock star than a professional athlete.
One of the most common criticisms of footballers in the modern era is that they receive too much money and fame at too young of an age, and Wilshere certainly fits that bill – he broke into the first team at Arsenal back in 2008 as a 16-year old, and his prodigious talents saw many observers label him as the future of English football; his passing and dribbling abilities in the creative midfield position saw him compared to Paul Gascoigne, even.
