Arsene Wenger is reportedly ready to sell Theo Walcott in January.

The Arsenal boss is looking to sell some of his highly-paid underachievers, according to TeamTalk , with England forward Walcott no longer part of his first-team plans.

The 28-year-old is on £110,000-a-week and has 18 months remaining on his deal, but Wenger is looking to raise funds for a replacement and will listen to offers in the winter transfer window.

The likes of West Ham and Everton have previously been linked with Walcott.

Walcott has 18 months left on his deal (
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Kroenke 'bids for Usmanov shares'

Stan Kroenke currently owns 67 per cent of the club (
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Stan Kroenke has reportedly made a bid of almost £525million to buy out Alisher Usmanov at Arsenal .

Majority shareholder Kroenke currently owns 67 per cent of Arsenal's shares and if he were to buy out Usmanov's 30.4 per cent stake, that would increase his shareholding to more than 97 per cent.

Usmanov is the second-largest shareholder at the Emirates and has unsuccessfully tried a number of times to take over the club from the American.

The last of these attempts occurred last May, but the Guardian now report that Kroenke has offered £28,000 per share in order to buy out the Russian.

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Christmas Eve clash against Liverpool in doubt

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Arsenal and Liverpool's proposed Christmas Eve clash is reportedly in doubt owing to a lack of stewards.

The controversial fixture, which has not yet been confirmed by the Premier League , is in jeopardy report The Telegraph, who say Gunners' stewards are reluctant to staff the game.

Liverpool are set to oppose plans to move their trip to Emirates back a day from December 23, in order for it to be screened live on Sky Sports, report the Liverpool Echo .

There hasn't been a top-flight game on Christmas Eve since 1995, when Leeds United beat Manchester United, but it is understood that the TV giants are keen to change that this year.

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