THEO WALCOTT is back in action after spending three weeks on the sidelines.
The Evening Standard reports that England forward returned to training on Tuesday morning.
Walcott, 28, has not played in the Premier League since October 1 and has not been included in a first-team squad since November 5.
In fact, he been on the pitch for just 46 minutes this season across three appearances from the bench against Leicester City, Stoke City and Brighton.
Hopefully, Walcott will finally be up and running now with boss Arsene Wenger insisting “his time in the Premier League will come”.
Since leaving Southampton for £5million in 2006 Walcott has made 249 starts - averaging out at around 11 per season. In addition, he has been a substitute 130 times.
He has scored 107 goals, three of them coming this season in successive games against Doncaster Rovers and Bate Borisov in the EFL Cup and Europa League respectively. It looks as though he faces the same battle for selection as other Arsenal veterans Olivier Giroud and Jack Wilshere.
Both players are struggling to convince Wenger they deserve to be promoted from his Europa League line-up to first-choice selection. There is a feeling that Arsenal are ready to sell Walcott in January.
Wenger has Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck, Alexandre Lacazette and Giroud fighting for the central-striker role that Walcott has always wanted.
Competition is fierce and Walcott has long struggled to really fulfil his potential with his blistering speed his only stand-out asset. Walcott and Wenger appeared to have a clash of opinions after the player criticised his team-mates for a lack of commitment after a defeat to Crystal Palace in April.
But Wenger said his blunt summary of his side’s efforts was “unacceptable”.
From The Sun
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