GARETH BALE wouldn’t “get a game” at Arsenal, claims former Gunner Jack Wilshere.
The Welsh talisman is a free agent after leaving Real Madrid upon the end of his contract.
Gareth Bale is a free agent after leaving Real Madrid
Jack Wilshere spent the second half of last season at Aarhus
Bale, 32, has been linked with a number of clubs, including hometown team Cardiff City.
Appearing on talkSPORT, Wilshere was asked if he’d take Bale at his beloved Arsenal.
But he was having none of it.
Wilshere, 30, said: “No. I look at the players who would be playing in that position and they’re young players who have arguably been Arsenal’s best players over the last few years.
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“So one, I don’t think he gets a game. And if he does, I think he’d be holding one of those players back.”
Bale has hardly played during an injury-plagued last 12 months.
But the prior season, he scored 16 goals in 34 games while on loan at Tottenham.
Arsenal are building around a core including Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe.
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But they are in the market for a new versatile attacker.
The Gunners are eager to sign Manchester City ace Gabriel Jesus, while Leeds talisman Raphinha is also on their radar.
As for Bale, he recently visited Cardiff’s training ground, which they share with national team Wales, to see medical staff.
While there, he chatted to former Wales team-mate and Cardiff boss Steve Morison.
Quizzed about whether he could really move to the Championship side, Bale said: “I can’t really say.
“I haven’t really thought too much about that. I don’t really know if the standard makes too much of a difference.
“A football game is a football game. I feel like I’ll never really lose my quality on the ball. I guess it’s a conversation to be had.
“I need to make sure I’m playing games and I’m as fit as possible, it’s going to be massively important.
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“Coming into this camp now, I wasn’t fit at all. I didn’t have much game time at all. Sometimes I’m able to get away with it.
“Ideally I want to go into a World Cup playing games and being able to be as fit as I can for as long as I can.”
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