His fiancee is also a friend of the family and lives near me in north London and she would probably be reluctant to leave as well - all her friends and family live nearby.

I am surprised this has come up - I thought we'd be a long way down the list of clubs. And despite the above I assumed he would move abroad on a loan deal.

But he would be an ideal signing for Pardew looking to transition to this more fluid style of football aimed at retaining possession rather than counter attack.

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

C'mon lads... Wilshere would walk into our team, provided he's not injured (which I think is likely given Arsenal have a horrible tendency to injure their players). Even not match fit, he'd walk into our team.

Cabaye has been s***, and is now injured for about 3/4 weeks I heard. That gives him ample time to solidify his position in midfield, and form some sort of partnership with Jimmy.

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bour are 1/3 now and palace back out to 9/4

I could be wrong but I read somewhere that loan rules have changed and as part of this recall clauses other than in windows were not allowed

Please don't be true.

If he's going to Bournmouth, that's life. But we still have Rincon, Waris and Lima to get over the line, and arguably these three would be better than Wilshere, who could price us out of getting these other players, and then end up injured half the time!