Arsenal To Sign Walcott?
We know you've already seen this somewhere else but let's get it over with so we can move onto the interesting bit:
Arsenal are on the verge of signing English wunderkind Theo Walcott from Southampton. Depending on who you believe, the fee will be somewhere between ten and fifteen million pounds. Now...
The Interesting Bit
What interests (and pleases) 45eachway most about this deal is the rumour that it will involve an immediate loan back thingy. This means that little Theo won't go from Championship starlet to Pontins League (is it still called that?) loser overnight. Seems Arsenal have learned from the mistakes they made with other young English talent. Jermaine Pennant and Matthew Upson were both bought in for big money as teenagers but then left to rot in the reserves for far too long.
A loan back to Southampton means Walcott would continue to develop in the Championship, safe in the knowledge that his future at a Big Club is secure. This can only be good for the future of the England team.
45eachway also takes heart from the encouraging number of what dads everywhere call "good old fashioned wingers". Since the likes of John Barnes and Chris Waddle retired we've had to make do with either second rate wide men like Andy Sinton or settle for four midfielders like we do now (we love Joe Cole and David Beckham, but they're not 'wingers', not in the way dads mean it). Now we can look to a future England team containing Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stewart Downing, Aaron Lennon, Wayne Routledge and Theo Walcott. Maybe not all at the same time, but you get the point.
posted by 45eachway @ Friday, January 13, 2006
4 comments
4 Comments:
To be fair, no one can say it's a done deal until it the deal is done. That's what 'done deal' means.
Ah, nice to see smugness is alive and well and living comfortably in the guns ego...
In terms of a done deal for Walcott, nothing has been signed. So bravo there, but to say the story is "bollocks" purely because the ink isn't dry is a little arrogant...wait and see how this pans out before pouring your ill directed scorn on a website that to be fair probably doesn't have too many contacts inside the marble halls.
In terms of "surplus to requirements at Auxerre"? Suggest you try to read the news before commenting on it, pay particular attention to Jacques Santini's comments in the BBC story. Boy...seems like he couldn't wait to get shot of him. Another good point to make when talking about players "surplus to requirements" is that a certain Mr Vieira was in such a position at Milan before Wenger rescued him.
And it was one injury which has recurred since the start of the season so to call him "injury prone" is a bit of an exaggeration.
It can only be good news to see us linked with players in the January window. Although neither story is anything to get excited about as yet, it's good to see we're not being as passive as we have been in the market and we're being linked with quality names.
45eachway can confirm that we have absolutely no contacts within the marble halls.
We weren't sure if the scorn was directed at us or at the reports in general but we're going to offer 'the gun' an olive branch by adding a question mark to the headline.
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