Jack Wilshere knows he faces a crunch season ahead at Arsenal.
He says the club's new talent - including France right-back Mathieu Debuchy - will only serve to make the team and himself stronger.
"I think over the past few seasons I've had a few injuries. I've got going, had to stop and get going again," said Wilshere. "This season I'm looking to have a really great pre-season and get a really good base of fitness and take that into the season.
"The new signings will definitely give us a lift. It has been different this summer. This year we've been really positive and gone into the market and got a couple of really great players. We've got to really try to take that into the later stages of the season and be a bit more mature and maybe we can last the pace."
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