From Stan Mortlock: Why Walcott should play
Walcott is on £140,000 because Arsenal were blackmailed into it.
No one believes that Theo should be on the same pay as Sanchez.
Hopefully, this will give Wenger the power to either make Theo worth his pay or to sell him on.
Because players with 1 year left on their contract can sit there with a smug smile on their face ( De Gea ) and ruin what was once a beautiful game.
Myles says :
Another manager might get much more out of Walcott.
But that would make Wenger look incompetent.
Walcott is not good enough to start… but too good to be sold?
That’s the same French logic that persuaded Sven in 2006 that he should take Walcott to the World Cup because Arsenal were a better team than England.
Lampard, Gerrard and co, seasoned pros, didn’t accept the baby-faced kid who had never played for his club team. How could they?
The whole idea was a nonsense and that trauma was a big setback for young Theo.
But does anybody ever write about that ridiculous episode?