Tag: Wilshere

The Football Interview: Jack Wilshere on management, Mikel Arteta, Max Dowman & Luton Town
3 October 2026 Off

The Football Interview: Jack Wilshere on management, Mikel Arteta, Max Dowman & Luton Town

By Total Football News

By that time Mikel Arteta, who had been Wilshere’s Arsenal team-mate for five years, was first-team manager.

Arteta guided the Gunners to the Premier League title in 2025-26, their first time as English champions in 22 years, and Wilshere felt the Spaniard had played a vital role in developing him as a coach.

“I got to see Mikel and how he coached and the influence he was having,” said Wilshere.

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Jack Wilshere: Former Arsenal midfielder leaves Norwich City
24 May 2025 Off

Jack Wilshere: Former Arsenal midfielder leaves Norwich City

By Total Football News

“I’d like to thank everyone at Norwich for the opportunity to continue my coaching journey with you all,” he posted on social media.

“I built some relationships that will continue to grow. Thank you to the incredible Canaries fans for welcoming me so warmly from the very first moment I joined.”

Canaries sporting director Ben Knapper has previously said the club would take its time in appointing a successor to

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Jack Wilshere: Norwich City not considering ex-Arsenal midfielder for manager’s job
9 May 2025 Off

Jack Wilshere: Norwich City not considering ex-Arsenal midfielder for manager’s job

By Total Football News

After just one of Wilshere’s matches in charge, full-back Jack Stacey said Norwich players wanted to see him given the role on a full-time basis.

Stacey, who played alongside Wilshere for former club Bournemouth, told BBC Radio Norfolk at a special Norwich City fans’ event: “Personally, and I think I can speak for all of the changing room, I think we’d be delighted for Jack to get it.

“The way

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Jack Wilshere: Norwich interim boss completes London Marathon
28 April 2025 Off

Jack Wilshere: Norwich interim boss completes London Marathon

By Total Football News

Norwich City interim boss Jack Wilshere had a very busy – and tiring – weekend.

He took charge of the team for the first time in Saturday’s goalless draw at Middlesbrough, which ended a run of three successive defeats for the Canaries.

Only hours later, however, the former Arsenal and England midfielder was on the start line for the London Marathon – more than 250 miles south of Teesside.

Despite

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Jack Wilshere: Norwich interim boss seeks victory uplift before marathon run
26 April 2025 Off

Jack Wilshere: Norwich interim boss seeks victory uplift before marathon run

By Total Football News

Wilshere said his biggest task was to energise the players and hope to achieve enough improvement to show sporting director Ben Knapper that he should be considered for the full-time role.

“My understanding from when I was a player and seeing top players around me, players that were successful and players that weren’t successful, is the ones that were successful did it every single game and could get themselves up

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Jack Wilshere: Ex-England player out of ‘comfort zone’ in Norwich coaching role
4 February 2025 Off

Jack Wilshere: Ex-England player out of ‘comfort zone’ in Norwich coaching role

By Total Football News

Having reached the Championship play-offs last season under former boss David Wagner, Norwich are currently eighth in the table, just two points outside the top six, as they try again to secure a return to the Premier League.

So how is Wilshere finding the job of trying to hone the skills of the likes of Josh Sargent, Borja Sainz, Marcelino Nunez and Lewis Dobbin?

“I’ve had a career that was

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Jack Wilshere: Norwich set to appoint Arsenal Under-18s boss as first-team coach
17 October 2024 Off

Jack Wilshere: Norwich set to appoint Arsenal Under-18s boss as first-team coach

By Total Football News

Arsenal Under-18s manager Jack Wilshere is poised to join Norwich as first-team coach.

The 32-year-old is expected to complete a move to Carrow Road in the next few days.

It will not be rubber stamped before the Canaries go to Stoke in the Championship on Saturday, with Wilshere due to be in charge of the Gunners’ Under-18s game against Aston Villa.

Wilshere will replace Narcis Pelach who left Norwich last

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