Arsene Wenger: This is what I really think about Theo Walcott

ARSENE WENGER has reflected on the 10 years since he signed Theo Walcott as a teenager and complemented him for coping with the early fame his Emirates arrival brought.

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Theo Walcott joined Arsenal from Southampton 10 years ago for £5m

Furthermore, he believes that after and up-and-down time at the club with the injuries he has suffered, the best is yet to come from the 26-year-old who first joined the club on January 20, 2006.

“The next four or five years will be absolutely decisive for him because that’s where you make your career, between 26 and 31, 32,” Wenger said. “That’s where a good player becomes a great player or just remains a good player.

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