Should Arsenal pay Walcott what he wants or not?
Walcott’s Contract Issue is mostly about Money By Twig
Walcott had recently claimed that his contract extension issue is tied to the manager trying him in a striker’s position. Wenger had recently began acceding to this request by playing Walcott as a striker for two consecutive games. He also played him as a striker in the last few minutes against Spurs.
If that is the major reason why Walcott is refusing to sign, then he would probably have signed by now, since the manager is beginning to show faith in him as a striker. However he hasn’t and the player laughably claims that that ‘these things take time’. No, they don’t necessarily have to Theo: the quartet of Ramsey, Gibbs, Wilshere and the Ox only recently signed contract extensions – and without much drama.
Wenger, perhaps unknowingly, gave a hint as to what the problem is when he recently said, “At the end of the day, can you pay what the player wants? And does it fit with your wage structure?” This possibly means that if Arsenal grant Walcott’s request it may see them being unfaithful to their wage structure, which could sow seeds of discontent in the squad.
Having played for Arsenal, it is unlikely that Walcott will want to play for any EPL side except United, Chelsea, City and maybe Liverpool. However, Liverpool are on the verge of signing Sturridge which makes a move for Walcott more unlikely. It’s highly unlikely that United, City or Chelsea will be ready to consistently play Theo as a striker; it seems his best shot at converting into a striker is at Arsenal.
If signing Walcott means Arsenal would break their wage structure, then I think he should leave. After all, we’ve lost better players in Nasri, Cesc and RVP. Wenger shouldn’t allow him to go for free and we should try and get whatever we can from interested clubs this January. I don’t think Arsenal fans will mind too much if Walcott’s replacement happens to be Lopez or Isco. Zaha also looks very promising and could mature into a monster player under Wenger’s watch.
He has more effective on the wing for now. He might be a good striker later though. He does not deserve 100k a week. Not yet. About 80-85k is right for him. If he thinks he can play as a striker he has to prove it, he struggled against Wigan. How will he manage against Fulham, Newcastle, and Everton? He still needs to prove himself. If he think he can play as a striker with his current performance it would be better off if we sold him.
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Is santa fat?
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Yes 100 agree …. He should go if he is for money …. He is not better than cazorla and he asks more money than cazorla …. I thnk there are better players in the market .example holtby,zaha,isco
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1: Theo has to play on a position he is good at. And he is NOT a great striker. But he is great at the wings. So if will stay than onlny as a winger.
Im sure Per Mertesacker would like to play in front and score goals. But he is a defender. And he does a good job. Its not possible to let him be a striker. Same way with Walcott. He is our man for the wings.
2: Theo plays good football. He needs more money. So give him. BUT not too much. His idea of the wage is too high. If he holds on his view and doesnt come down he should leave and get a good transfer money.
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@craig taylor spot on how can theo dictate terms to manager the fact is he wants more money if he really really wanted to stay he would have signed the contract along ago paolo maldini in his autobiography said that there is no such thing as pos in football you must learn to play anywhere he started out as a mf/rw then moved to rb then became cb before settling as a lb he played where is manager asked him to play unlike theo who keeps telling he wants to play as a striker maldini was a complete player true legend
don’t tell me theo is bigger than maldini
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Jenkinson also just signed:P
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WHY???? If Jack could sign a deal worth 80k a week, Theo should be happy withz 75k a week. More he is not worth!
Just if he thinks he is Ibrahimovic, and coulod play like him= No way! We will find one more humble and devoted striker. Maybe Zaha( hopefully before the red nose take him before AW does.
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I never know what rumours are true… but if he wants to dick around he should just piss off… otherwise get with the program… giroud should be up front… walcott was more effective on the wing… and one of the only players who can actually cross the ball half decent… which is what we need if we are to stick to the game plan… seems a little useless crossing to walcott
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He’s got speed, and he’s okay at getting the ball in the back of the net. But that’s about it from Theo. He lacks decision making skills when 1 on 1 or when running inside the box. He’s almost Gervinho-esque. He also lacks some technique with his first touch (maybe RVP spoiled me though)
He often looks for the shot instead of the key pass because he’s so caught up in being a striker.
He’s also been taking corners and free kicks for us, which I think is unacceptable. I’m surprised our better options aren’t getting frustrated at Wenger for showing favoritism.
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Now I heard it all, you are asking the fans opinion on whether a players contract terms are fair.
What does any fan, newspaper reporter or website editor know about the terms of any players contract, and further more who the f**k gives a toss.
Now we are supposed o be experts on the finances of our football club without knowing anything about who gets paid what.
Stick to what the fans care about, are the team playing well enough to win anything, is the squad strong enough, and does the club hierachy have any ambition?
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why should we splash out for walcott when we didn’t for Rvp, Cesc or nasri. Walcotts the worst of tht bunch and doesn’t deserve 100k a week. Anyone who disagrees has f***ed up morals..
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walcott is good at wings and giroud is a better player than him in the CF role. So if walcott agrees to stay here as a winger then its okay, otherwise not.
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Ask urself this question.. Does walcott deserve to be d highest paid at arsenal??? V.p at arsenal was 90, cavani is presently on 35.. Walcott at 100 don’t make sense as he does nt deserve it. If d club listens now, other players will do the same ‘its just a matter of time. Walcott can be replaced if he wants out by Zaha, el sharaway, isco etc(all this players are more creative, fast and have way better technique than walcott. Wah happened to the matias suarez rumour. Under wenger, dat guy would be better than V.P in less than a year. Datz d striker arsenal needs in my opinion, he has arsenal DNA in him
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Wait hold on gundam and others
i though when walcott WAS playing on the wings you said he couldn’t even cross the ball and incosistent
now that he IS a striker, you are saying he is good crosser and should be on wings
get a grip guys. Let the manager do what he must.
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Im not into the xmas spirit yet but i still think if we played the xmas tree formation it would suit everyone. giroud up top with a new striker to rival him instead of chamakh. walcoot or chamberlain as the right sided options of the 2 with podolski or gervinho as the left options. wilshire arteta cazorla as your 3 in the middle with ramsey coquelin and rosicky as the back up midfield. the xmas tree places more emphasis on wing backs which would suit sagna jenkinson gibbs and meade. obviously our 4 centre backs mertesacker koscielny vermaelen and miquel. with szcesney and a new keeper with martinez 3rd choice. Thats two players for every position once a centre forward and the new keeper are in place. we would have a whole team for sale so could even add a few more recruits to help the cause.
fabianski
eastmond djourou squillaci santos
denilson diaby
arshavin
park chamakh bendtner
plus mannone boateng hajrovic galindo henderson watt neita
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I said it once before. If Theo scores (hes got little time to convince me at least) every time we need to score…I would say break the structure.
But him getting more, would only have as a result anyone who has been better than him at their post to ask for more.
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Mehn,really getting fed up..u knw wat if only wenger will sign astriker and a DM,..walcott can go to hell..chambo on the wings(even does better than walcott on the wings) his skillful and also pacey..not walcott who runs and lives the ball behind him or pushes the ball b4 he can get to it.
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The money’s available…sign the damn player. We’ve lost RVP, Nasri, Clichy, Ashley, just to mention a few…and we are worse off. If you value him, then give him the contract…if not, he’ll leave and win the league with another team (RVP will be the latest testimony)
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His technique is zero,on 1 to 1 he is like Gerwinho (doesn’t know what to do with the ball) his back to the net is zero, his positioning infront the net is zero. So tell me please why we should begg him to stay, and on top of that we should break our wage structure? Just because he has pace? Well Zaha has it also, and he could teach Theo how to overpass the defender, and on top he is Arsenal fan and not like Theo 100k a week fan.
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I mean if Theo wants to move to another club what would stop another manager from sticking him on the wing?
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As I’ve always said, the wanting to play as a central striker rhetoric is just a smokescreen for the cash that’s the central issue. He wants money money money and at yet endvofvyge day if he doesn’t get it he whores himself out to whatever club will give him a big weekly wages bump. I think Theo has a large ego theta developed overvyhecyears with all the expectations placed on him & the overly generous description of his play which has truly been hit not miss the last 4 years up until last season. I think Wenger has been very clever playing up front recently because them after her leaves he can’t say Wenger didn’t try him there.
If we see Wenger bring in a striker in Jan it definitely means Theo is a goner. I will miss his pace and it is very sad that another player Arsenal has groomed and turned into the player he is saunters off to pastures greedier, I mean greener than ours.
Central lesson is don’t wait till there’s a year left to renegotiate a new contract and manage players expectations (and by that their egos) gradually like we’re doing with Ox.
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No he is not worth it, as always it is about the money, pure greed. Watch he will go to man city for 150,000 per week and will be on the bench. He would not get the number 9 shirt at any off the big 4 clubs just an excuse its about the money. When was the last time you saw him to a crunching tackle at arsenal no heart. Sign the contract or go at sit on someone else bench. We need someone with shearers heart he was worth the money, then you can ask for it
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It is unfortunate that Arsenal for reasons quite unusual has allowed a player’s conditions of contract to be debated in the public domain. Theo deserves more than Arsenal is offering him because he scores goals when in a position to do so. We need more goal scorers in the club and Theo is one of them. Even if Arsenal wants to buy a striker, it should be an addition. The cost of replacing a player like Theo will be more than he is demanding. LET’S GET SERIOUS IN THE CLUB AND MAKE USE OF WHAT WE HAVE instead of chasing what we cannot get.
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No, but we should sweeten the current offer. Walcott is work $85-90K/week.
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lennon is better than walcot
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I think you r right about Walcot, He is totally over rated and I am sure anyone comes at his position will do by far better.
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Do NOT give in to his foolish demands. Walcott is not center-forward material, at least not yet and probably never will. AOC is more or less of the same height but more skillfull, stronger and definately, feraless – everything Walcott is not.
He was the sole reason the match at Wigan was as difficult as it turned out. Wenger’s appeasement of the “midget-striker” did not work out and I think the only reason he was left on the pitch was to show him that “he ain’t worth the fuss”. To me it is a question of “sign on or shove off”. Please people, whoever is nearest to him, send him one clear message – stop being an idiot! Let him leave arsenal and join City (where he can replace Aguero. Tevez, Balotteli, Dzeko), United as a “Matinee replacement” for RVP, Rooney, Chicharito, Welbeck or maybe Liverpool to play in place of Suarez. Without the faith of managers like wenger, these young proteges are materails for mid-table teams at best. There are many of them in the EPL nowadays with their ego-inflated, self-centred attitudes that make them believe that they are Cruyff, Ziddane, Messi, Maradona and Messi all rolled into one. Stop misleading the clown and tell him for what he is. (That goes for other pretenders like Sinclair, Bale, Downing, Adam Johnson, Cleverly, Jenkinson, Sterling, Zaha etc) They should learn to respect the people around them who work hard to make them!
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Only when he will start scoring when he wants.
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Theo wants to go to utd! He must have it in his head that he will b a regular starter coz he is fast! Id pick nani b4 him and ashley young before him! Let the knob head go i cant be botherd with him! Get holtby or isco! Coyg!!
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I am sick of this now
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Walcott======>> Juventus
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no he must not get more money than ox or wilshere
wilshre who is better dont complain 80000 a week
if u want 100000 a week then wenger must go for cavani
23 goal in 23 match and who earns less than 50000
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He can be replaced, if he is trying to hold us down so that we fulfill his wishes,, we should let him go.
The face that we have to beg even players like Walcott to stay show that our standards have declined. We need to sort it out.
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Arsenal 007…
Having lost all the players you mentioned… Nasri, cesc, rvp…
How are we worse off?
When we had all 3, we finished 4th.
When we got rid of cesc and nasri, we finished 3rd.
Now we don’t have rvp and are in 4th at Xmas….last year we were 10 points behind totenham who were in 4th.
So it looks like we are actually better without those 3 players
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@ KC
so you would like to pay a fairly average footballer who cannot command a regular place for club or country £4,680,00.00 a year!
For me that is the sort of reason behind many clubs and business’ demise. Honestly a front line soldier will struggle to get 25k a year for fighting terrorists and laying his lfe on line while his family wait at home praying they dont get that knock on the door to say he is coming home in a box whilst theo walcott kicks his toys out of the pram cos we wont go over £85k a week.
The fact is he is just another cashley but is too embarrased to admit it so makes out he wants to play in a position that he is clearly not suited to put pressure on his manager and club. whats really sad is that some mugs are fucking buying it!
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Very simple.
Theo Walcott is not worth £100 000 a week. He’s arguably not even worth £75 000 a week.
I don’t know what kind of money Jack and Ox are on but I imagine its significantly less than what Theo is demanding. Those 2 are 3 years younger than Walcott and are already twice as good and consistent.
I mean really, what has Theo really contributed to our team in the 5 or so years he’s played? I’d be happy for everyone to tell me because clearly most people want him to stay. I have mates who are support the spuds and Chelsea and they agree they wouldn’t want him anywhere near their team.
Really, what is the big deal?
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I think the boy should get the cash he wants but no team will buy him in jan as he is free to go in the summer. Things like this would be sorted if that YANK would piss off. Arsenal dont just need players they need ppl up stairs & some new blood in the staff like AdAMS just to kick them up the back side as its to easy for them at the mo. Who out of arsenal would fit in at man united??? Thats my point. Get some old arsenal players back at arsenal. Walcott let the boy float in & out as his speed will help us so much hes a good player i have seen him change in the last 12 months. Far to good for us to let him walk but the YANK just wants the cash
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I always said he is not ready for this position. His poor touch front of goal and tecnicals abelity is not good enough he is a winger and he can get one of best in this position like Nanni but he for some strenge reason think he can play up front he scored his most of goals as winger but why he is deluded ????!!!!! that he can be striker And why Wenger is desperate to keep him i do not know , but if they give him more money than the others then Arsenal will get lot of problems with player who deserve a lot more like Santi Poldi, Jacky and so on. I believe Theo is after more money and not to be striker otherwise the club has shown their faith to him and Wenger has done everything in his power. For me Theo is not more important than Rabin or Nasri or Cec if i most be honest and we lost them and Theo he will never play as a striker in any Pl team. Lets make him cash and buy someone else.
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I firmly believe that no person is more important than the organization that employs him. I believe that a player no matter how good he is should never be more important than the manager. But having said that I also believe that everyone need to be treated fairly. Is it fair that the board and management get paid good salaries and bonuses for under delivering. After all the fans are the most important above the board management and players. Without the fans the team would not exist. No one to spend their hard earned money to watch the team. That means no sponsorships, sponsors use the team as a platform to promote their business and sell their products. In short nothing will be possible without the fans. So why the hell are we being disrespected in this manner? We the fans are Arsenal everybody else including shareholders work for us. Without us they can do nothing. It is time shareholders, board members, management, players etc. Realise this. We deserve respect and we have the right to demand it for WE ARE ARSENAL!!! Players demanding outrageous salaries without really proving their worth, shareholders filling their pockets at our expense, management that think no trophies is acceptable, players who come here and make a mockery of us. We will fire you. Do not think we do not have the power to do so. Shape up or ship out. FOR WE ARE ARSENAL!!! SO RESPECT THE JERSEY RESPECT THE BRAND!!!
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I would not give him more than 85k/week. he wants 100k/week and that is just way too much. That would make him the highest paid Arsenal player, that he doesn’t deserve. Let’s not forget that we were not willing to give Nasri more than 90k/week so why on earth would we give Theo more than that?
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OMG! Circus now . . . send him on his way! Too many people are just gun-shy because of recent exits, but please, the other players that have left were accomplished players with experienced years behind them. You want to pay him more than the older, more experienced players? I wouldn’t pay him more than the other youngers, especially Jack and Ox . . . . man, let’s move on and let the brat go out and experience the real world, not the comfortable world AW has provided for him. If HE thinks he is worth so much, let him go out and earn it at a team where he’d have to prove himself every game, or ride the pine.
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Nothing against Bob or admin, Im just sick to death with this subject and have had enough commenting on what i think we or he should do, with also whos at fault.
Jan cant come soon enough, hopefully reload with a few new faces, and finaly this subject (Theo) will be put to bed. I think hes already made up his mind and is leaving, if/when he goes then f**k him he can f**k off and get his extra dough warming che/manc bench as a supersub. Much better players than he have come and gone. If he decides to stay well then Theo!! Theo!! Theo!!!
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Welbeck starts more regularly for England than Theo…Anyone wonder why….its simple…wenger and his team are not the only ones who believe that Theo isnt very good…but Hodgson too…and Welbeck only recently earned 15k at united…Theo is worth 100K?really?is that a joke?
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First he should give us what we want, ‘ being reasonable’
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I think 80 is the maximum arsenal should offer and if he wants more then he should go even though I like him but he shouldn’t take advantage of the contract situation hope he stays for 80 k a week like wilsher
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So sick of this Theo Walcott talk. I really don’t wanna hear another thing about him until he decides to sign or not.
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It is right what you say Bob. It would sow discontent. I remember being happy with my wage until I found out others were paid more for doing the same work as me. I then felt discontent. It ate away at me and eventually I left.
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Yes, pay him. It’s now his market value and we can’t buck that and still expect to compete. It just won’t happen. We didn’t pay RVP his market rate and look where he is…
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Definitely not worth 100k if Cavani and lewandowski earn less than that and have been scoring goals in europe for fun for 2 years.
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Theo Walcott is a victim of his own hype. since he was 16. for some weird reason he was taken to the world cup without breaking into southampton’s team consistently. Somehow a 16 year old who was probably on that plane for his speed as thrust to stardom”
Anybody with a brain knows Theo is not a striker. He feels that since he worked hard on his finishing and RVP left he should take over. Bullshit. He doesn’t have the skill set. besides he doesn’t want to work hard. And its exactly what is wrong with English football.
before 2006, Ronaldo was like Theo. scored and assisted a lot. But hated the defending part of being a winger. you know what he did. he Bulked up, worked hard and put in a shift. I have never seen theo track back in his life. not as much as Podolski. Podolski tracks back so much that he played Kebe onside for his goal. he was the last line of defence.
im not knocking theo. but he isn’t a striker. And these british players can do whatever they want because of 2 things.
1. British added tax. all british players are overpriced and as such this pricing reflects their salary. Liverpool cannot sell downing and cole because of this
2. British players are overrated by the media. all of them. every single one. From carroll to Parker to Henderson to Zaha and Craig Mckaill smith at brighton. all overrated. which means when cazorla scores a hat trick against reading and all theo sees is that the newspapers are overhyping a pedestrian performance from him he feels he’s the shit.
realistically Theo isn’t one of our top 5 players. Szec, sagna, Cazorla Wilshire and Arteta are more important. it isn’t debatable. For every Theo there is a Gnabry who is praying to God this overrated dude leaves.
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Oh piss this amateur footballer off already! Walcott is a hoax, a sheep in wolves clothing! He scares opponents as much as a puppy with teething problems!
7 years without a trophy, soon to be 8, yet gooners still want Arsenal to keep chump players that we’ve been waiting to improve for nearly 8 years. You guys want change at Board level and so forth but refuse to see that there is a greater need for change of the weak links in our team. I want to see top quality players, not some English kid that can’t play but he has the whole country behind him regardless. Like I always say, I call a spade a spade. If Walcott weren’t English, he would be sold next month or next summer! Simple as that! It’s BS, that’s why England are a crap footballing nation! They choose politics over football! Go figure!
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@Rasta
At last, there is someone out there that can see exactly what I see in Walcott. Couldn’t agree more with your points especially the one about Theo not tracking back to play defence like Podolski. If we want to win, we must make sacrifices, and that means selling Walcott for a player that will eventually improve Arsenal’s squad.
ALSO MERRY XMAS TO ALL GOONERS. HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAYS!
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The pedestal was built a little high for Theo and when he falls he could hurt himself,try telling him that.
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Please . . . tell the brat to piss-off!!!! Any other team “lining-up” to sign him is just playing the psychological game. You REALLY think a Chelsea, Man U or Man C is going to buy him and start him at CF? That is effing sooo funny, I just sh!t my pants . . . they’d NEVER play the the BOY at CF . . .
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This article is preposterus. This lad deserves more than what arsenal is offering. So if arsenal lost better players, it should continue to lose players it had groomed. Presently, walcott is looking sharpest. Just about to become awesome. Arsenal may not pay him what he is asking, but can do better than they are offering.
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To those who are saying, we do not need Walcotte services should remember this. A bird in hand is wealthy than a bird in tree remember with Song we still need this guy let us not beat bush here we still need his services if chance given.
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He is nott even half the player that rosicky is…..and rosicky is always on the bench….the vanity of the man….
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Theo don’t “move” an inch and Wenger please stop being stingy you can also make money by winning trophies like clubs of Arsenal’s calibre do not only by selling and cutting players’ pay! Agree or not? @chuxe twitterhandler
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better or not tink of what arsenal did for thi boy to become the player he is today.. same us rvp we didnt give him what he deserved he left us and we cant forget RVP. iam a worred the same thing cld happen with walcot… that one he leav arsenal he gets even better,, so YES give him what he deserves BEFOR WE REGRET…
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