He was a precocious talent whose career arguably finished unfulfilled.
Jack Wilshere was tipped for big things when he first broke into the Arsenal team under Arsene Wenger at the tender of age 16. It would be 10 years before he would leave the Emirates having contributed to two FA Cup wins and played 34 times for England, but he was restricted to just 197 games for the Gunners in that decade due to a string of injuries.
After two loan spells and then short stints at West Ham and Bournemouth, Wilshere retired from playing football last year, despite being just 30. But not before he'd named his five favourite teammates from a career that was at times fantastic, but just as often frustrating.
