Arsenal may have to sell Walcott in January
Arsene Wenger wants to keep Theo Walcott at the Emirates and Walcott wants to remain a Gunner apparently. There is no sign of them reaching an agreement over a new contract, however, and time is running out. Reports are suggesting that Paris Saint-Germain and Spartak Moscow are preparing bids to sign the England international winger in January.
Knowing Wenger and the Arsenal board as we do, it would seem that Walcott WILL be sold in January unless a new deal is signed before then. He will not be allowed to leave for free in the summer unless no decent bids are received. PSG and Spartak know that there will be an almighty scramble to persuade Theo where to go in the summer, and are hoping to get the jump on teams like Liverpool and the big Italian clubs.
Both clubs are willing to offer Walcott better wages than Arsenal are prepared to do, and both know that Wenger would rather sell the player overseas than to a Premier league rival. Both teams are in the champion’s league and can reasonably expect to be in it again next season.
So the ball is in Walcott’s court. If he delays over his new contract, he might find that he is no longer wanted at the Emirates, but he may not want to move until summertime when he will be able to pick and choose where he goes. Should Arsenal offer him a bit more money now to forestall all of this?
Jovetic please.
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It’s a pity but of course we have to sell rather than letting him go for free. And this time, it’s better to sell outside of England.
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If no offer from outside of bpl, persuade him to stay and sign a new contract.
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Chambo is overtaking him anyway, what a talent
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I would hate it if he leaves! But if we have no choice than I guess it is too bad. And hopes he moves overseas
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Well this is one real f*ck up from the Arsenal side. Who is going to pay lots for a cup tied player with 6 months remaining on his contract? If he goes free in the summer he would be able to negotiate a higher wage and have more clubs to choose from (probably PL). It would be a shame though. He might not have lived up to the expectations and needs to work more on the last ball, but still his overall stats were good and we can hope to get even better. Still we have Alex to replace him and a couple of lads wanting to step up (Gnarby, Ryo)
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I Want England internationals in the arsenal team not selling them he scored more goals & got more assists them mata last season
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I really want him to stay. We should give him a chance up front, i think he would thrive there because his finishing is good and his pace of course is great. I say give him a new contract, but he wants ridiculous amount of money, its better to let him go i think.
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I think that those who deal in contract negotiations have been remiss for quite some time. Is having a wage structure when it is obviously detrimental to the club a good idea especially where PROFIT is the key word. If it were me I’d sit out my contract and give the finger to those clever men who run the Gunners>
How many more players will we lose before the penny drops that the financial management officials are not capable.
Were not overspending were underspending and making profits to make the fat cats fatter.
I’d hate to see AW go but I’d hate it even more if he went onto the board where investing in the team is normally only good when you get back more than you pay.
Solvent Stan running the club was probably the worse option available,the most profitable for him, but it could have been worse, Just having the money to buy enough shares doesn’t mean that an American can run an English institution whilst adopting a FERENGI mentallity.
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Simple story is if he does not want to sign a new contact or agree to go to another club in January then we are well and truly stuffed…if you were his agent you would tell him to do nothing until he is out of contact.
The fact of the matter is that this is a MAJOR failing for the people like Gazidis and Law ….who are PAID to run the club responsibly. So mr Gazidis how come RVP was sold and scored a hat trick last week but you lost £12m not selling theo or agreeing to a new contact.?
You are a joke and should be fired because clearly you have no idea how to manage players. the hypocrisy of the board who take millions out of the club then say they run responsibly is yet another example of bad management
The way players are managed at Aresnal is a disgrace….Sanga just no one year left him but no one seems to want to talk to him about a new deal….and what about Song? …every year it will be the same story and FFP won’t make any difference as there as many ways around the system….sack th board and get people in who really understand business….
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I think AW should give him a chance to play as a striker. He is far better than chamakh.
Gunner4Life!!!
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100k a week!!!! I mean is he crazy or something?? yeah he’s good but not that good!
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if he doesn’t sign a contract sell him & coquelin as well he is making a lot of noise & sign llorente/soldado & fellaini (heard fellaini will leave everton)
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I think 75,000 pound maximum justified for him. I want him to stay coz his pace is great. Everybody know that. When he is on song he is really a massive problems to Arsenal rivals. Anyway if he asks for so much money. Then nothing can be done except to let him go and collect some money from his sale.
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I Would be gutted to see Theo leave..Sign him up..As Iv said before..Id rather see the Money in one of our players pockets than go straight into Silent Stan,s..Give him a chance as a striker..Lets see what he can do..UP THE ARSENAL !!!
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I don’t care. Overrated, Chamberlain is becoming better than him, Gervinho can play there, it’s not exactly a massive loss.
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dont want to see him leave but there are a lot of players out there that could replace him, aswell as the ox
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I’ve been saying Walcott is a flop for the last 2-3 years and everyone told me that he would come good eventually. Finally, now that the Ox has come in and played amazingly, people are beginning to realise that Theo is average. Seriously hard to believe that the Ox is 4 years younger. I hope Walcott leaves in January though so we actually get some cash for him.
Don’t expect Wenger to replace him though because he won’t. He’ll see Chambo as his replacement and Gervinho as fitting cover.
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Theo as zero futball brain.. A young talent of modern elites needs no tractor puch or a microscopic view 2 see a great talent! He’s got no talent on ð football pitch but on track… Qualities of a good footballer are..
A sound Technical abilites .. Theo poor!
Skills/dribble completed.. Theo poor!
Control.. Average (it took him half a decade.. I recall wen he over runs & over touch ð ball).
Intincts/football artistery.. Theo poor.
Vision/deaf touch..theo poor.
Pace/speed without ball @ feet.. Excellent
Pace/speed with ball.. Poor.
Shot power/ body balance .. Poor.
Team work..average!
He’s just generaly a poor footballer & Ǻ.Ö̤̣̇.C exzibit all dis qualities i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ ǻ shot period of time.. He’s theo’s HD! Sell theo now & re.invest the money on numerous elites !
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I think that losing theo wont exactly be a massive loss, But we will lose that extra bit of depth we have, the luxury of theo being on the bench shows plenty of depth in our squad.
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Raheem Sterling will probably be another Walcott L0L
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I think Theo is not asking for something that Arsenal can’t afford but Arsenal board members are not serious about keeping quality players. If they can offer him up to 85/week i think he can sign new contract. Until the Arsenal board begin to appreciate what the players are doing to them, Arsenal will remain training ground.
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We have lost talented players like henry, van persie, fabragas, cole, nasri and we have been fine, walcotts hardly gona hurt us, we have ryo, gnarby, wellington, joel campbell, that can easily replace him with time, and we got the ox and gervinho
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Its likely he will go or he would have sighned by now if he actually wanted to stay,or perhaps im wrong and its not about the money.Im starting to not care either way to be honest.
Any way back to this,and sorry if youve already seen this,
The big RVP merchandise throw away day
The man has obviously no respect for us so why should we have any for him.No gooner surely still wears his shirt or drinks from his cup or wears his scarf or waves his flag or whatever you bought to support his one great year for us,so why not on that fatefull day he returns to our club playing against us dont you just throw it onto the pitch before the Kick off so he actually realises how he has left us feeling.AFC has to know how this unbelievable event has affected the fans.This transfer cant just be brushed under the carpet…….can it.
Thinking about it no cups or any other hard mechandise that maybe dangerous just the scarves and shirt and caps etc.I would not like to see any damage done.Its just a thought,what do you think.
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let half of you run a club they would be out of business none of you have a clue theo dnt put 100K aweek shift in .he in consistant 75k even to much open your eyes and stop blaming the board
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theres Serge Gnabry waiting in the wings…and not to mention the OX….
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Is this guna happen with all our other players? Sagna? Wilshire? Vermealen? Eventually we will loose all these players we adore and love to see play for the gooners. Its so dissapointing as i grew up watching people like bergkamp and vieira who gave me the inspiration to support arsenal. And now it seems as we run contracts down in order to make profit on selling players just hope wilshire doesnt cone bk even stronger and leaves us but i think this year walcott and sagna will leave
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There is NO MAYBE he will be sold and there will be NO replacement. We will get some Bull from Mr Wenger about how we don’t need to replace him. Half year Dividends time.
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Walshot no brains of the football. if football zombies would not eat the Walshot because no brains. You go, so sad, we have oxtail-chumberlains
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Just remember people that he has the option to pre-sign in January for a club outside the EPL. If he does exercise that right there is nothing AFC can do.
We cannot sell him to any buyers nor can we force him to sign a new contract and come May he will leave for free.
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I WOULD RATHER THEO NOT LEAVE BUT I AM GETTING SO FED UP OF PLAYERS HOLDING THE CLUB TO RANSOM.
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Why do you think wenger is keeping him on the bench, to prove we can play without him and the ox is ten times better.this will make theo realise he is not needed as much as he first thought,so then he will put pen to paper,lets face it is Boy hood club is Liverpool and he aint never goin there,anywer else united scum chelsea scum city scum he wud be bench warmer,so theo use your head sign new contract and show us wat u can do,dont feck up your career like most the money grabbing twats have done.
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Swap with nani? Do you think ferguson would put up with walcott?? hell no he not playing nani cause of his inconsistency as it is! Walcott will not have to many offers to buy him in january and will probably see out contract and leave to highest bidder on a bosman…… very sad if it happens the guy clearly hasnt the bottle to fight for his place in the side and would rather leave.
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Psg pre contract in january i would think
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Arsenal does not need big headed players like him. We got enough coverin his position…so theo can f&%! off from Arsenal…..
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Theo is on and off player. If the Club is a Trophy minded team,the likes of Theo,Ox,Ramsey,Jerkinson,and our number keeper don’t deserve starting XI,they should be on the bench learning before they introduce them to play 10mins.
Don’t blame the players that left the team because of money. If Walcot is your brother,what advise would you give him?
I hate losing my players to my rivals.
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He should go. We can do better than Theo. average player. Only has speed on his side. He should be in track and field.
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if he really want to leave..call back miyaichi..he is better than walcott…
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I think the criticism of theo is a little harsh!
Even tho personaly i think he is to inconsistent at times to start most off our games,
and the fact his assist and goal record was actually good last year i think we could find a wide man who if played as many games as theo could socre more and assist more and in general play better.
Its a shame his wage demands are scuppering him staying at Arsenal he will definatley be sold in january or leave on a bosman next summer.
would like to off seen him upfront using his decent movement pace and good finishing.
The issue really is that we play 1 man up top something theo cannot play and unless we switch to 4-4-2 he’s finished at Arsenal sad but true.
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If theo wanna go let him go.welbeck is on £15,000 a week,f**k theo
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Stand just givin him enuff time for the fans to turn against him so he gets away with stripping another asset wifout any grief . Well played stan – but some of us know ur game u duncy Yankee b*stard
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theo is over-rated,but if arsenal sell him and don’t replace him with a top quality player or 2,it will send out a bad message as usual and it will weaken the squad and weaken player morale
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Wenger said about a ‘special player’ and has also said Ben Arfa one of the best wingers in the world? If Theo does go maybe he is this special player
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If the ever consistent Sagna, the midfield wizard Carzola, and the dependable Verminator are not on £100k a week, I don’t think inconsistent Walcot deserves 100k/week. He is improving though, so I wouldn’t like to see another club benefit from all the hardwork Wenger & Arsenal have put into refining Walcot. I’d say Offer him £85k/week and let Wenger convert him from a winger to an out and out striker like he did with henri and Rvp. Gunners, what do u think?
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Let Belhanda join us then
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Sell. But replace with better. ( there are plenty of players better then him).
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We have better players then him so sit him on the bench and make him watch for the next few months and let him see him self that he isn’t worth 100,000 a week.
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if PSG want walcott they have to give 6m + Menez!!!!
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Sell the idiot…He has got no football brains.Ox is far much better than him.
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