5 Reasons to be excited about Jack Wilshere’s Arsenal return

3. Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey

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What do the three guys listed have in common? They all spent considerable time injured last year but when they returned from injury, they were stronger than ever.

Lets start with Olivier Giroud. Our French battering ram missed several months last year but when he came back, he netted 16 goals in 21 games, looking the best he has ever looked in an Arsenal kit. Whatever the medical and conditioning team did with him worked.

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The same is true of Mesut Ozil. Ozil has had tremendous difficulty fitting into the Arsenal scheme but when he got back from his serious injury last season, he became unstoppable, leading Arsenal to the second best points total in the second half of the season.

Aaron Ramsey suffered three hamstring injuries last year, but upon his return from each individual injury, he never looked rusty, exhausted or bothered at all. He continued right where he left off. Again, the problems of the past and injury downtime is just that, of the past.

Jack Wilshere too, returned from injury last year to find fantastic form and there is no reason to believe he cannot do it again.

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