Jack Wilshere has come out fighting __with regards to his future after comments made by Jamie Redknapp.
The midfielder completed his first 90-minute match since September 2014 on Saturday as his Bournemouth side pushed Tottenham to a 0-0 draw.
Before the game, Redknapp questioned whether the 24-year-old had a future at Arsenal when his loan at the Vitality Stadium expires in the summer.
He told Sky Sports: “I don’t see a future for him at Arsenal any more. I think now he’ll realise he has to get away from Arsenal.
“It’s too comfortable for him there. He is not going to get into the team at Arsenal.”
Wilshere had a positive performance on Saturday, and responded to Redknapp’s claims after the final whistle.
“I don’t know where he got that from,” he said. “I’m just trying to get back to what I was, enjoying my football and playing week-in, week-out and today was a massive step towards that.
“I’ve not really thought about that so how other people can comment on it…
“If he doesn’t see me going back to Arsenal then that’s up to him. He’s entitled to his opinion but I haven’t thought about that.”
Wilshere did accept that he felt it necessary to move out of his “comfort zone” at the Emirates Stadium, however.
“Yeah I would agree __with that,” he said. “Sometimes when you’re at a top club and you’ve been at a top club your whole career and you’re playing week in week out it is easy to get into that comfort zone.
“For me to come down here and taste a different side of the Premier League where you have to fight for everything, fight for every point and work as a team, it is definitely out of my comfort zone.”
On his England future, he added that he had not spoken to interim manager Gareth Southgate recently, before adding: “I have got to concentrate on myself, playing here, playing 90 minutes and getting back to my best and then I can start thinking about that.”