Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere joins Bournemouth on loan

Bournemouth have signed England midfielder Jack Wilshere on loan from Arsenal.

Arsenal agreed to send Wilshere, 24, out on a temporary deal to allow him to revive his injury-plagued career after he fell down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium. 

He had also received interest from Crystal Palace and Serie A club Roma but instead opted to join Bournemouth.

Eddie Howe's team play a similar brand of passing football to Arsenal, and sources close to the player told ESPN FC that the stability of the setup at Dean Court was also an attraction.

Wilshere made his Arsenal debut at the age of 16 and has shown electrifying form for both the Gunners and England at times, but injuries have hampered his career and he missed nearly all of last season with a broken ankle.

With Mesut Ozil occupying the No. 10 role Wilshere craves and central midfielder Granit Xhaka having arrived in the summer, Wilshere's prospects of being a regular starter have diminished.

He has yet to make a Premier League start this season, playing just 37 minutes as a substitute after making only one start in the whole of the 2015-16 campaign prior to disappointing with England at Euro 2016.

West Ham triumph in new home

Michail Antonio scored first PL goal at London Stadium as Hammers beat AFC Bournemouth 

 

West Ham United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth

Michail Antonio scored the first Premier League goal at the London Stadium as his close-range header gave West Ham United a 1-0 win over AFC Bournemouth.

The winger, deployed at right-back in the opening weekend defeat at Chelsea, capitalised on his advanced position in the absence of injured Dimitri Payet by heading in from a few yards out after Gokhan Tore’s cross over goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

AFC Bournemouth had been on course to hold firm in West Ham’s first home league match since moving to their spectacular new venue from the Boleyn Ground, but Harry Arter was sent off in the 78^th minute and West Ham took advantage to claim their first points of the season.

With Andy Carroll and Payet missing from West Ham’s matchday squad through injury, the hosts created few clear-cut chances in the first half.

Tore hit the wall with a free-kick just outside the area and Enner Valencia stung the fingertips of Boruc from an acute angle.

AFC Bournemouth started the second half quickly, with Hammers goalkeeper Adrian denying Adam Smith and brilliantly pushing a long-range Josh King strike over the crossbar.

The match opened up, with Tore volleying just wide of Boruc’s near post before Arter’s second yellow card, for hauling down Cheikhou Kouyate, with 12 minutes left.

West Ham capitalised with Antonio heading in, before Adrian’s fine reflex save from King’s volley denied the visitors an equaliser in stoppage time.

Substitute Jonathan Calleri fired wide after being put clean through on the counter-attack, with the Cherries piling players forward, but the victory was secured in front of over 57,000 fans at the London Stadium.

Premier League Man of the Match: Michail Antonio (West Ham)