5 English players who should consider moving abroad

#4 Jack Wilshere

Sadly too often a sight for Arsenal supporters during Wilshere's career

It's been disappointing for Arsenal fans and neutrals alike to watch the seeming decline of Jack Wilshere over these past few years.

Once hailed as the best English talent since Wayne Rooney, all the early promise has evaporated as Wilshere has unfortunately succumbed to numerous injuries that have kept him out for extended periods at a time.

He even spent last season on loan at Bournemouth such was his fall from grace.

Thankfully though, Wilshere has slowly returned to some decent form this season back in north London: while not yet one of the first names on the team sheet - partly given his injury frequency - his performances when called upon have displayed both growth and potential to develop with time.

The club have reportedly offered him a new contract extension, but it is rumoured to have significantly lowered wages, something which must frustrate someone of Wilshere's ability.

This is another reason as to why Wilshere should seriously consider making a transfer move away from England, because none of his compatriots are better suited to playing elsewhere based on their playing style.

Pep Guardiola's praise for the midfielder after an excellent display against Barcelona in the Champions League, then just aged 19, speaks volumes.

His free-flowing movement with the ball at his feet, awareness of spaces around him were reminiscent of both Xavi and Andres Iniesta - as well as a number of fleet-footed Spanish creative-minded midfielders.

His style contrasts to the typical physicality that revolves around England, which is part of the reason why he sustains injuries with such regularity.

Someone who loves the ballat his feet and making things happen, no Englishman would have suited playing under Guardiola's famed tiki-taka football better than Wilshere.

It is, therefore, not hard at all to imagine the Englishman thriving in Spanish football, where his movement and passing skills would be lauded. In a league not known for its physicality, Wilshere's body would be given the break it so necessarily needs, allowing his great footballing brain to get to work instead.