Theo Walcott

[redhorizon2]

[hl]I don't want this guy any where near one of our treatment rooms. Rodgers and the board would have learned nothing from this season if they sign Walcott[/hl]
Arsenal and Liverpool transfer target Theo Walcott to finally begin contract talks in next 2 weeks

• 22:30, 14 April 2015
• By John Cross

Rodgers is confident of landing the England winger, who is more concerned with how much the Gunners play him than how much they pay him


Reuters

Deal or no deal: Liverpool will monitor Walcott's contract situation closely
Theo Walcott will finally open talks about his future in the next fortnight - withArsenal keen to stop him going to Liverpool.
Walcott has one year left on his current £90,000-a-week deal which has alerted the Anfield giants, who are keen on the 26-year-old England winger.
Mirror Sport understands discussions on Walcott’s future will finally take place within the next two weeks.
Arsenal have yet to make him a formal offer.
While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has said negotiations have begun, Walcott publicly insisted last month “there have been no contract talks as yet.”
We revealed on March 19 that Liverpool are keen on Walcott, and Kop boss Brendan Rodgers has got him in his sights as the Raheem Sterling contract saga drags on.


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Rodgers believes Liverpool have won the race to sign Burnley striker Danny Ings this summer and is also confident of getting Walcott, who is unlikely to be allowed to go into the final year of his contract.
But Walcott is more interested in whether he will get regular games with Arsenal, rather than holding out for a mega-deal.
He has struggled to win back a regular place since returning from injury, and that is his biggest concern.
From their point of view, the Gunners are unlikely to give him a huge wage increase unless they see him as central to Wenger’s first team plans

 

[Mors]

I'd take Walcott. He's more of the gamble that I like, I know he's had some injuries, but he's proved himself to be very good in our league. If we got him for the right package then I'd be happy, not swapping him for $terling obv, but I'd like to add him to the squad. Him and Milner would be good additions, and both of them are quite a lot better than some of our current options.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I don't want him signing (or not) having anything to do with Sterling.

Walcott is a very underrated player who IF healthy - and it's a massive IF - is a very dangerous player who scores and assists.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe?]

Nice squad player. I'd take him as a part of our striker roster with Origi/Sturridge/Mario for next season.

 

[gkmacca]

On another historic day at the Emirates, a proud Theo Walcott celebrates the fact he's just broken the Premiership record for the most stupid injuries incurred by an Arsenal player. 'I'm really honoured to think I've passed some truly great physical wrecks who've limped off for this great club. I'm not thinking of becoming the all-time Premiership injury prone player [Darren Anderton, 164 stretcherings off], but I'll be taking each injury as it comes'. Arsenal will be marking the event with an open top ambulance tour around North London, followed by a flash mob selfie event for its many obscenely stupid and superficial fans.

 

[Hansern]

Walcott is a good player but very injury prone. Do we really need more of those players?
I'd rather focus on getting Sterling signed up.

That said, I doubt we're even interested. Walcott to Liverpool always pop up when contracts are being discussed.

 

[redhorizon2]

Why do you want to sign a player who will barely play due to injury? He will pick up 70-80k a week nursing his broken leg,

 

[Silver Sean]

The only reason I can see that we are constantly linked with him is he grew up a Liverpool fan. Never been convinced by him and certainly wouldn't want him now.

 

[gkmacca]

He's another one of those 'After you, Claude' middle class types. I'm half surprised he doesn't arrive with cake when he visits the opposition area.

 

[Judge Jules]

It would worry me that he *still* thinks he's a central striker. I can't help wondering whether he might have done better if he'd settled to the idea that he's not going to get a regular gig in that position, not at the top of the Prem anyway.

 

[Rosco]

I think he's a good player, but he's not going to get any less injury prone and he's not good enough technically to be dangerous when he inevitability loses a step in the next couple of years.

 

[Markeh]

He reminds me very much of Michael Owen. Dull, injury prone, suspiciously clean cut, another who feels like he'd have a brochure full of buzzwords and stats if he couldn't find a club.

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

What's the point? You can never rely on him to be healthy. Unless he was signed for an amount that didn't in anyway detract from any other potential signings I would pass.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

As others have said, we'd need to get him for an amount that is most likely well below what we'd get him for. Or have some sort of insight to know he's not likely to be injured as much.

Both of which are unlikely, so hopefully this won't happen.

 

[Mystic]

I've always like Theo, but he's a little too injury prone and expensive. If he was happy to drop his wages and happy to compete with Sterling, Coutinho and Lallana (plus strikers) then great, otherwise no thanks.

 

[hmmmmm1]

If he is on 90k a week and is stalling on a new contract not much hope of signing him when we cant tie down hendo/sterling.

 

[Squiggles]

I like him, but having an attacking unit that includes Walcott and Sturridge is very high risk and probably down-right stupid.

 

[gkmacca]

Especially as we will, I hope, also have Ibe in the team and Sinclair on the fringes, I can't see where Walcott would fit.

 

[redhorizon2]

Especially as we will, I hope, also have Ibe in the team and Sinclair on the fringes, I can't see where Walcott would fit.

He fits on any treatment table really well

 

[jexykrodic]

He's the sort of player you'd want to pay appearance money to.

No contracts or loyalty bonuses etc.

 

[keniget]

Walcott for any kind of serious money is the sort stupid badly judged signing I can definitely see us making.

 

[jexykrodic]

Walcott for any kind of serious money is the sort stupid badly judged signing I can definitely see us making.

I don't think we're alone in making this sort of error. United must rue the signing of Falcao for example.

 

[redhorizon2]

If you believe the papers, we're after him too.

 

[Rosco]

I don't think we're alone in making this sort of error. United must rue the signing of Falcao for example.

If they'd bought him they would. His season will never justify those wages buy they aren't stuck paying him for another couple of years.

His four goals cost less than Balotelli’s