Fag end for Wilshere as boss fumes
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In a time where cigarettes are becoming socially unacceptable, Arsene Wenger will have a conversation with Jack Wilshere after the England midfielder was pictured smoking outside a nightclub.
Wenger expressed his disappointment at his player’s behavior yesterday, underlining that football players have no room for mistakes during their public appearances.
“First of all when you are a football player you are an example, and as well you don’t do what damages your health,” Wenger said ahead of tomorrow’s English Premier League match against West Bromwich Albion. “The fact (is) you can damage your health at home, you can smoke at home and you can drink at home, and nobody sees it, but when you go out socially you as well damage your reputation as an example.”
Wilshere was photographed with a cigarette in his hand talking with a girl on a night out celebrating Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Napoli in the Champions League midweek. Wilshere reacted to the buzz by tweeting a photo of Zinedine Zidane smoking, alongside the comment: “But for the record .... I don’t smoke!”
According to British newspapers, a spokesman for Wilshere said he does not smoke, insisting that he was told by one of his friends to “momentarily hold the cigarette as part of a prank.”
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