Theo Walcott looks set to leave Arsenal and Everton have stolen a march on Newcastle United, Southampton and West Ham.
With West Ham United, Newcastle and former club Southampton all vying for Theo Walcott according to The Express, Everton will have known that they had a challenge on their hands attempting to win the race for the exit-linked attacker this month.
Perhaps this explains why Everton have made the first move. According to The Telegraph, the Toffees have made an initial bid of £20 million for the Arsenal man and have also agreed to pay his £110,000-a-week wages if he moves to Goodison Park.
Walcott is a player with real Premier League pedigree. The 28-year-old has made more than 250 appearances in the top flight for the Gunners and also accumulated 47 England caps in that time.
Walcott has netted eight goals or more in four separate Premier League seasons for Arsenal and would add not only pace but an underrated ability to finish with class and ruthlessness inside the penalty area; two attributes that an often impotent Everton attack has lacked all season.
But with Walcott enduring the lowest point in his career, failing to start a single Premier League game all season, Everton fans are not exactly jumping for joy at reports of this £20million bid.
It seems that they, like so many others across the country, believe that Walcott just isn’t the player he’s cracked up to be.
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