Man City winger Johnson: Arsenal kid Wilshere has Rooney-type talent

Manchester City winger Adam Johnson says Arsenal could have the 'next Wayne Rooney' on their hands in Jack Wilshere.

Wilshere is already catching the eye on-loan at Bolton Wanderers this season.

Johnson told sport.co.uk: "I’ve played against Wilshere while he on loan and Bolton and he looks a very good talent. I could probably go on but I think it’s difficult to say at such a young age. I think Rooney was probably a total one-off that you’ll never see for another 10 years, who can just come straight in as a 16-year-old and just tear everything up.

“Everyone couldn’t believe what he was like, but there are a few and Wilshere’s impressed me when I’ve seen him play for Arsenal so he could be one.”

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Comments (3)

Rooney's a striker while Jack's a attacking midfielder.. It's difficult to compare them in terms of their statistics in football.. However in terms of growth, Johnson may probably be right..

to be fair he looked quite ordinary when he played for bolton, good goal though mind u, to be compared with rooney at his age is a complete laughable, wayne had already played and scored for england at his age, rooney is one of those once in a generation talent while wilshere could be a good player in the future imo

Did he realy say it in broken english..whaaat!