Arsene Wenger has backed Jack Wilshere to take over as Arsenal manager once his football career comes to an end.
The England international will spend the 2016-17 campaign on loan at Bournemouth after struggling with injuries last season.
But Wenger remains a firm believer in the academy graduate’s potential – both on the pitch and in a future role in the dugout.
“Certainly one day he will be in my seat,” Wenger said of Wilshere during his press conference on Friday.
“He has a real football brain and understands football. You know really, it’s in his genes. I see him in the future at this club of course. He will spend his life in football, he is a football man.
“He has an eye on everybody, it’s in him. You have that or you haven’t got it, but he is a real football man.”
Arsenal take on Southampton on Saturday after beginning the Premier League campaign with a win, a draw and a defeat to lie eighth after three games.
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