West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini compared Jack Wilshere to Italian legend Andrea Pirlo ahead of Arsenal reunion. Experienced midfielder Wilshere will return to boyhood club Arsenal with West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday after leaving the Gunners on a free transfer at the end of last season. Wilshere was always highly rated at the Emirates Stadium, however, injuries ruined his chances of a consistent run of games for Arsenal and England. But Pellegrini – who has overseen back-to-back defeats to open his West Ham tenure – talked up Wilshere as he likened the 26-year-old to AC Milan and Juventus great Pirlo. "If you need fast players they cannot do it," Pellegrini...
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