Boys To Men: Ramsey And Wilshere's Coaching Reunion

Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere made their Premier League debuts 2 minutes isolated successful 2008; a 17 and 16-year-old coming connected arsenic substitutes for Arsenal successful a 4-0 triumph astatine Blackburn Rovers.

On Saturday, nan 2 men will beryllium reunited successful opposing dugouts arsenic fledgling coaches.

Wales skipper Ramsey will beryllium taking complaint of Cardiff City for nan 3rd – and, for now, seemingly last – clip erstwhile nan already-relegated Bluebirds sojourn Norwich City successful nan Championship.

The 34-year-old is still registered arsenic a Bluebirds subordinate but was handed nan reins connected a impermanent ground aft Omer Riza was sacked past month.

As for Wilshere, 33, nan erstwhile England midfielder has already retired and has stepped successful arsenic Norwich's interim leader pursuing nan dismissal of Johannes Hoff Thorup aft nan Canaries missed retired connected nan play-offs.

Although Ramsey harbours semipermanent coaching ambitions, he wants to proceed playing adjacent season, though his Cardiff statement expires this summer.

Before he decides connected his adjacent steps, nan erstwhile Juventus midfielder is looking guardant to being reunited pinch Wilshere, his erstwhile cardinal midfield partner astatine Arsenal.

"I've been watching Jack's profession successful nan managerial domiciled create complete nan years, starting pinch nan [Arsenal] Under-18s and going location [Norwich] arsenic a coach, and now having that opportunity [to manage]," said Ramsey.

"So it will beryllium a spot huffy but I'm looking guardant to seeing him again."

Both players spent nan mostly of their playing careers astatine Arsenal, pinch Ramsey joining from Cardiff successful 2008 and Wilshere graduating from nan club's academy.

Wilshere's head passim his clip pinch nan Gunners was nan awesome Arsene Wenger, while Ramsey only had 1 twelvemonth without nan Frenchman, who near successful 2018 aft much than 2 decades astatine nan helm.

As good arsenic winning 3 Premier League titles and 7 FA Cups, Wenger earned legendary position for his aesthetically pleasing style of play, arsenic good arsenic his visionary coaching methods which were regarded arsenic revolutionary for British football.

Wenger was besides revered for his expertise to create young players, pinch Ramsey and Wilshere among nan astir successful examples of his tutelage.

"I deliberation what Arsene instilled successful america is having that state to spell and definitive ourselves, having that consciousness of assurance from him to spell retired location and to do that," said Ramsey.

"That's thing that I'll return passim my managerial career, is giving nan players nan assurance to spell retired location and definitive themselves.

"It's why we each fell successful emotion pinch football, why we each started playing football, is to spell retired location and bask it and to people goals, attack. For me, that will beryllium thing that I return forward."