Theo Walcott: Sold to Everton

[CurryFlavoured]

Our wide options are a bit tragic once you move Sanchez central. While Iwobi shouldn't be playing every game, I like him because of his potential. I wouldn't bat an eyelid if we sold any of the others though, and I think it's high time we sold Walcott. Who the ****s going to pay his wages though? He's rooted here until his contract runs out.

 

[A_G]

Theo has an annoying knack for turning up during contact negotiations. I feel like his luck may have run out now. He's on 140kpw right now, so he'll be looking for a pay rise.

That's true, or when he's been snubbed for a major tournament for England (2010 & 2016). I'm not sure if he's going to be looking for a pay rise though, he lacks a bit of self-awareness but I doubt he would push to earn significantly more than Özil, Alexis etc.

Theo Walcott is not a 150kpw+ player. No way in hell he is.

Never said he was, but the wage structure is a separate issue which muddies the waters somewhat- i.e. if players who are literally useless like Debuchy are on £70,000 a week, Walcott's agents could justify him being on £140,000 as the 2nd top scorer at the club.

He has to be replaced with an established top player : not necessarily world class, a Sadio Mane type player would be excellent on our RW. Either that or a highly talented young player who can match or come close to Theo's performances (not too hard) but has plenty of upside.

If you can get a top player, then go ahead and replace Theo. Still think whoever plays there will struggle if the other problems in the team aren't solved: lack of midfield, Özil not at his best etc.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

He's so crap .

 

[OSBK]

How long did United keep Anderson in their team? They're still giving game time to Jones, Rojo, Ashley Young, Rooney, Darmian, and Lingard game time.


Who do you consider deadwood?

Anderson won 4 league title's, champs league and league cup. All those other man utd players will win more trophies than walcott.

Anderson was garbage but man utd had much better players than him so didnt have to play him every week.

Walcott is a grade below what we need to win trophies

 

[Trilly]

All sauces say he's on 110kpw , Özil is the highest earner with 140kpw.

Fair enough. Don't mind him being kept on that but honestly I think we should start making moves to get rid of the extremely limited high wage players.

Don't mind limited players when they're squaddies but it's harmful to have limited players on a starters wage, especially when we don't have the resources of our rivals.

 

[_reed_]

He's so crap .

 

[_reed_]

Fair enough. Don't mind him being kept on that but honestly I think we should start making moves to get rid of the extremely limited high wage players.

Don't mind limited players when they're squaddies but it's harmful to have limited players on a starters wage, especially when we don't have the resources of our rivals.

I agree, but we don't have many complete players in our squad, almost every Arsenal player has his extreme limitations: Walcott can't pass, Iwobi can't shoot, Giroud can't run and press, Welbeck can't stay fit, Perez can't make a starting 11, Özil can't defend a corner . I think we should get rid of the likes of Mertesacker, Debuchy, Jenkinson at first, who don't play at all.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

You may as well have showed me a clip of Messi missing a sitter tbh .

 

[razörist]

Lol jack....Arsenal through and through I guess.

Love the guy.

Still haven't forgiven him for not scoring against United at home from about 5 yards out.

 

[Trilly]

Lol jack....Arsenal through and through I guess.

Love the guy.

Still haven't forgiven him for not scoring against United at home from about 5 yards out.

Thanks for the reminder. We've really been through some shxt.

 

[A_G]

Anderson won 4 league title's, champs league and league cup.

What relevance does that have? They'd have won those trophies without him.

All those other man utd players will win more trophies than walcott.

lol

Anderson was garbage but man utd had much better players than him so didnt have to play him every week.

Exactly, so he stayed there picking up a wage for nothing. Pretty much the definition of deadwood....

 

[Rimaal]

 

[MaraDon]

Not getting much service tbf.

not doing enough to get service, the podolski argument all over again

 

[MaraDon]

Exactly, so he stayed there picking up a wage for nothing. Pretty much the definition of Intelligence....

fxed.

 

[MaraDon]

He's so crap .

his definition was crap but the movement has wenger signature all over it.
its so much fun, you watch 5 seconds of arsenal and you realice that our collective football is so unique. its like art.

 

[A_G]

not doing enough to get service, the podolski argument all over again

Podolski barely moved though, Theo makes a lot of runs without being found.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

We haven't sold a significant player in quite a long time. The market has changed significantly since then. We have quite a few talents who would fetch premium prices if we chose to move them on, such as Ramsey, Wilshere and Oxlade Chamberlain.

Özil and Alexis aside,I'd argue that we haven't had a significant player of undisputed quality for a while. I'd be shocked if we got over £50m for any of the names mentioned. £25m is no longer a premium price.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Özil and Alexis aside,I'd argue that we haven't had a significant player of undisputed quality for a while. I'd be shocked if we got over £50m for any of the names mentioned. £25m is no longer a premium price.

I wouldn't expect £50m for either of those names but if we sold within the PL which I imagine is what would happen, I can't see any of those three going for less than £35m, perhaps AOC.

Yannick Bolasie went for roughly £30m. That's the market within the PL nowadays.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I wouldn't expect £50m for either of those names but if we sold within the PL which I imagine is what would happen, I can't see any of those three going for less than £35m, perhaps AOC.

Yannick Bolasie went for roughly £30m. That's the market within the PL nowadays.

Bolasie got rave review before his move. All our players are a mixed bag and only have a British premium to bump up their price. You're more optimistic than I am mate. Let's see.

 

[Hyruga]

Anderson won 4 league title's, champs league and league cup. All those other man utd players will win more trophies than walcott.

Anderson was garbage but man utd had much better players than him so didnt have to play him every week.

Walcott is a grade below what we need to win trophies

Anderson is much better than how he was treated at man utd.

He was decent usually when he played. Sure, he did not score many goals but he was hampered by injuries plus used as a squad rotation and only managed to clock 10+ league games per season for manutd.

He didn't make clumsy mistakes like Coquelin did against Hazard or Xhaka and Coq's red cards. Anderson is a clever player. He did what he can to stay in man utd and tried hard to stay in the team. That cannot be said of certain players at Arsenal who believed they would get to play regardless of how many mistakes they made.

And if you think Anderson scoring only 9 goals in 181 matches for manutd is very little, let me tell you that Coquelin has played 134 games for Arsenal without a goal. Both played at a similar position which is Defensive Midfield or CM.