Arsenal FC That's Jazza! Liam Brady backs Arsenal's Jack Wilshere to be next ... - Mirror.co.uk

Arsenal legend Liam Brady has backed born-again Gunners hero Jack Wilshere to be England's next Gazza, Wazza or possibly Hozza.

Brady has been delighted with the progress Wilshere has made since his return from an 18-month injury nightmare - and expects the young England star to have the same sort of international impact as Paul Gascoigne, Glenn Hoddle or Wayne Rooney.

It's a view he obviously shares with wise old England owl Roy Hodgson. Brady, 56, reportedly told TalkSPORT: "We were all a bit nervous - it was 18 months (out injured) - but he has improved with every game and his performance against Liverpool was outstanding.

"I think he will be up there with the very, very skillful creative English players. In my time it was Glenn Hoddle, [Paul] Gascoigne came after that and then [Wayne] Rooney and I think Wilshere will be in that mix.

"I think he is leading the [Arsenal] team now, his pace is deceptive. He has a funny running style but he drifts past players, and he's only 22 (sic), he's only going to get better."

The PA report that Wilshere is expected to claim his seventh England cap in tomorrow's friendly with Brazil, when former Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole is anticipated to make his 100th international appearance.

"I think, like Ashley, Jack Wilshere's going to go on and play a lot of games for England," Brady said.

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Brady, who will leave his role at the club's youth academy in May 2014, has been less impressed with Gunners cat  Wojciech Szczesny and has told him he must analyse footage of two of Brady's former team-mates to enhance his ability as a goalkeeper.

"I told him, 'Don't go looking for trouble, don't come charging out of the goal'," Brady added. "I played with two of the very best goalkeepers in Pat Jennings and Dino Zoff.

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"He probably hadn't heard of him but I told him to google them and watch them - they didn't go looking for trouble, they just dealt with the trouble when it arrived."

On his personal future, Brady reportedly said: "I'm not going to retire as such, I'm retiring from my role. I want to take things a bit easier, it's a very demanding job and I want to do something else and the club have said there may be another role for me."