Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is fed-up with the criticism coming his way. Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp said he could not see the 22-year-old getting any better right now, saying "Jack Wilshere's problem is Jack Wilshere" and that he had "no excuses anymore".
"I listen to the people who I work closely with," Wilshere said ahead of Monday's European Championship qualifier in Switzerland.
"With all due respect, if anything, I think Redknapp should have a little bit of [empathy]. He was injured more than I was.
"It's easy for someone to go on television and say 'he should be doing this, he should be doing that' but if you look back, he was injured just as much as I was. Maybe more than I was.
"And he was never injured at my age as well and it does take a lot of mental strength [to come back].
"So to hear people go on TV and say 'he's got to be doing this or that' - I don't need that.
"I listen to people like the boss here, Gary Neville, people who talk a lot of sense and can help me with my game."
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