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Arsenal boss Wenger: Wilshere no bad boy

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is confident Jack Wilshere will overcome his shisha pipe controversy.

Wenger says he's spoken with the midfielder about his behaviour.

Asked if he was concerned Wilshere could be labelled a 'bad boy', Wenger replied: "You're always worried for your players that they get what they don't deserve. But I think I observe him well and he behaves in a very professional way, I must say.

"Every morning he's certainly one of the first in and every afternoon certainly the last out. He works very hard, he's gone through some bad spells in his career and always recovered. It would be wrong to give him that kind of reputation because he's a serious player and he works very hard."

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