Mikel Arteta gives definitive update on Jack Wilshere return after "unloved" claim

Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Jack Wilshere will definitely have a role in his Arsenal coaching team in the future, after the midfielder finally found a new club.

Wilshere spent a number of months training with Arteta’s squad, as he blended the twin aims of regaining fitness and beginning his coaching journey.

Earlier this week, the ex-England international sealed a move to Danish club Aarhus having been without a team since his release from Bournemouth at the end of the last season.

The 30-year-old worked alongside some of the Gunners’ most talented youngsters, as well as filling in during first-team training sessions.

Arteta had always made it clear that his time back in north London wouldn’t culminate in a full-time contract, with Wilshere now signing with Aarhus until the end of the campaign with an option to extend a further 12 months.

Wilshere has said of his move to Denmark: "I'm at a point in my career where I need to start over after a difficult period and that opportunity has been given to me by Aarhus.

"Since I started training with Arsenal, I never hid the fact that I was ready for 2022 and for a new club. I am very grateful and I will do my best to live up to the expectations."

And the Gunners boss has paid tribute to Wilshere for his influence at London Colney and wished him luck for his return to competitive action.

"First of all, thank you for what he’s done with us, it’s been great to have him with us,” Arteta told reporters. “It’s been absolutely a pleasure to have Jack back and to watch him playing and having him around the younger players.

“Hopefully we can help him and we have helped him a little bit already, because he had some doubts over what to do - whether to keep playing or start