5 of the best homegrown players in Arsenal's history

#3 Jack Wilshere

Wilshere has become an important figure in the current Arsenal team again

It may come as a surprise to some to see Jack Wilshere’s name on this list. But the Englishman, had it not been for injuries, would have easily been one of the best players in European football.

Breaking through as a 17-year-old, Wilshere showed phenomenal signs of the sort of player he’d become early on. In 2011, when he was just 19, he already made his way into the PFA Team of the Year and won the accolade of being PFA’s Young Player of the Year.

He’s fearless, a born leader, and most of all, extremely talented. Unfortunately, the impact injuries he has suffered over the years have harmed what would have been a more successful career.

But, he remains loyal to Arsenal and is finally starting to reproduce some of the magic from his early years. He may not produce statistically all the time, but the risks he takes and what he does with the ball is always important to how Arsenal play.

Wilshere has been at the club since he was nine years of age, he loves Arsenal. Hopefully, he will begin to re-pay Arsenal for all their faith in him despite the injuries now he’s completely fit once again.