Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere admits clearing the air with Paul Scholes after being hammered by the Manchester United legend. The pair thrashed it out over the phone, and Wilshere now plans to show Scholes what he has learned by leading to Arsenal to FA Cup glory at Wembley this Saturday.
Wilshere said: "I remember watching it. It was a bit strange, out of the blue. He was having a go at Arsenal, and I was thinking: 'Is he going to come for me?'
"I actually spoke to him afterwards. We had quite a good chat. He is entitled to his opinion.
"If it had come from a sh*t player I could say: 'What are you talking about?' But it came from Paul Scholes! So I wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"For the next few days after he said that I sat down and talked to my dad and a few of the coaches here, and I just wanted to hear what he thinks.
"I respect him so much and I think he can make a great coach for any young player. I am a young player and he has been there and done it so I wanted to hear what he had to say.
"I got his number from Gary Neville. I DM'd him to ask whether I could have his number. Gary Neville wrote back to me, 'Just go easy on him'."
He added: "I spoke to him, he explained it a bit better and told me what he thought I should work on. For me he was the best English midfielder of all time.
"He was right in a certain way. When I first burst on to the scene there was all this hype, and then I got injured. I have had bad luck with injuries but I can't keep saying I've been injured a lot.
"There comes a time when you stop being a kid and I think that's what he's referring to. People say: 'He's young, he's got all this potential'. You have to start putting that potential in."
