Wilshere: Arsenal must get tough for glory

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Jack Wilshere wants Arsenal to get tough to grab some silverware next season. And the young Gunner reckons Arsene Wenger must retain the best players at the Emirates if we are to stand a chance of winning a trophy.
He said: “Arsenal’s a big club and we need to be winning trophies, and we need to win them to keep our big players. We need to sooner rather than later, 100 per cent, because it will be a disaster if we don’t win a trophy next season. We know that. The fans feel it. We feel it.
“We need to be more aware and have a bit more aggression,” he added. “We’ve got some players that can do that but we have to go as a team. It’s no use just Robin van Persie going because it looks like it’s just him having a go at the ref. If we all get round him… you just see the other teams do it and you think, ‘We need to do it as well’.
“Man United are the best at it. They get round the referee. We have to be more of a team, be more aggressive, show more authority and take control a bit more. I think we can be a bit too nice at times and some of our players would be the first to admit that. We’ve been too nice in defending. I’ve heard Bacary Sagna say this year we’ve been too nice and we have to be a bit more nasty, especially on set-pieces, because we’ve conceded too many goals from set-pieces.”
With Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy, Nicklas Bendtner and Andrey Arshavin all at a crossroads in their Arsenal career’s, Wilshere admits it is vital to keep the qwuality — especially Cesc.
thought to have uncertain futures.
He said: “He’s our best player. In some of our games he has been our best player by a mile, and we need to keep our best players if we want to win things. He likes Arsenal, and I’m sure he wants to be at Arsenal. I’m sure if they can reach an agreement then he’ll want to stay. He’s the club captain and he needs to stay.
“He’s been over in England eight years, but Barcelona is his home. It’s hard for him so I can understand where he’s coming from. He’s been great this season and we hope he can be great next season. We know we need to keep up with the top four. We need to stay in the top four and push on for a trophy. We were so close this year.”