Guardiola: Wilshere would only be a Barca reserve
Published 23:00 07/03/11 By John Cross in Barcelona
Pep Guardiola last night claimed Jack Wilshere would be in the RESERVES if he was at Barcelona.
Guardiola also took another sideswipe at Arsenal by claiming Wilshere is “lucky” not to be at a club where titles are not as important.
"Wilshere is a top player, and has been a big, big surprise," said Barcelona boss Guardiola. "I didn’t know him at the start of the season. In the first game he had a really good performance.
“He can be great player for Arsenal and England, but we have many types of player like him in the second team.
“He’s lucky, as Arsenal have time. There is not the pressure to win titles as quickly as possible. We have second-team players like him.”
Arsenal signed Cesc Fabregas when he was a 16-year-old, promising him first team football whereas he might struggle at Barcelona.
Barcelona last summer had two huge bids to re-sign Fabregas last summer turned down by Arsenal.
Arsenal captain Fabregas laughed when told of Guardiola’s statement that Barcelona’s reserve team was flooded with players of Wilshere's quality.
Fabregas added: "I have trained with him and seen he’s a very special player. All I can say is that if there are really many players like him around then the future of football looks very good."
