With the sense of no little exasperation, Arsène Wenger and Steve Bould will once again remind Jack Wilshere of his responsibilities, after the Arsenal midfielder was pictured holding a shisha pipe in a London nightclub. Wilshere has been photographed smoking on two previous occasions and Wenger, the manager, and Bould, the assistant manager, have rollicked him for it. They will now do so again. It is possible that Wilshere will be fined, although the notion of a £100,000-a-week England footballer being forced to part with a tiny fraction of his wage feels like nothing more than a foot-note. What has bothered the Arsenal management is the image that Wilshere has unwittingly...
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