Theo Walcott’s Contract Situation Sorted Arsenal have confirmed that Theo Walcott has agreed a new contract with the club. The contract is understood to be 3 and a half year deal on £95,000 a week with various signing on bonuses that will make him the clubs highest played player. Walcott has now followed in the footsteps of agreeing a new contact with Arsenal, like Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Carl Jenkinson,…
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Arsenal will not see benefit of Emirates money until summer but have £40m to spend in January!
The chief executive at Arsenal, Ivan Gazidis, was very pleased with himself last week when he sealed a new five year sponsorship package with Emirates airlines worth £30 million a year. There should also soon be about the same amount coming in from the Adidas football kits when the club agrees to change shirt manufacturers from Nike. Gooners should not get too excited yet, however, as Gazidis has revealed that…
Walcott closer to Arsenal contract after impressing Wenger as a striker
The situation regarding Theo Walcott has been dragged through the mud more times than needed. The winger, as we all know, wishes to play up front as a striker and helped his cause yesterday by bagging two goals against Coventry. However, Wenger was quick to answer any questions about Walcott’s future and talked about whether he should in fact allow the England international to be given a chance to prove…
Arsenal legend Parlour has warning for Walcott
Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour has urged Theo Walcott to stop thinking about money and concentrate on football. The Arsenal winger has been in the news this summer after his contract wrangle with the club. Theo Walcott, who is into his last year of his contract, rejected a contract extension earlier this summer. Reportedly Arsenal were offering him £75,000-a-week while the England international was demanding £100,000-a-week, while his agent seems to…
Theo Walcott’s future at Arsenal far from decided
Arsene Wenger has admitted that he is concerned over Theo Walcott’s future at the Emirates. The England international’s ongoing transfer saga was made clear with fans after the winger was jeered by sections of the Emirates stadium during Saturday’s 6-1 demolition against Southampton. Walcott came off the bench and was met with mixed reception as he went on to score against his former club without celebration. Wenger has accepted that…
Are Arsenal fans unfair to Wenger?
Arsene Wenger has received a glowing school report this week that he would be proud to take home to his parents. The Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis heaped praise on Wenger and declared that the club would be offering him a new long term contract, and that Arsenal’s financial and commercial success would not have been possible without the Frenchman. At the same time, former Arsenal legend Nigel Winterburn has…
Gazidis – Wenger is the best man to lead Arsenal forward
There’s one guy Arsenal can’t afford to lose this season or the next or in the next 10 seasons come to think of it and chief executive, Ivan Gazidis is set to make sure that statement rings true. You guessed it, Arsenal are set to open talks with Arsene Wenger over a new deal with the club. In an interview, Ivan Gazidis stated, ‘Its not a sense of sentimentalism, not…
Arshavin happy to sit on Arsenal bench and collect his wages
The Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin has only been a peripheral player at the Emirates for the last couple of seasons, and was happy to be loaned out to Zenit last season so that he could retain his place as captain of the Russian international side. But since his country crashed out of the Euros with a whimper (and he upset all the fans with his attitude afterwards) it seems he…
Walcott woes
Its no secret that over the last couple of months, things between Walcott and Wenger haven’t been rock steady. It all started when Theo Walcott wanted to renew his contract with a increase of wages that would see his weekly wage jump to £100k. Arsenal refused and the matter has stagnated for now-at least up until the January transfer period. So the question that remains is why had Arsenal and…
