Opinion: Should Arsenal Offer A Big Money Contract To This Super Speedster?

With just over a year left on his current contract, another Premier League player could become the hot property that other clubs try to snatch away. Theo Walcott might have had a couple of injury plagued seasons but he will become a free agent come 2016 and that will be a worry for a lot of Arsenal fans.

They have lost out on some top players over the years, Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie come to mind but would not want to lose out on Theo Walcott. The 26-year-old might not have played as many games as he would have liked this season, but that should not stop any contract talks from happening. The big question is should Arsenal give him the bumper contract to ward off interest for the future and to ensure that Walcott does sign asap or should they play the safe route and try to give him a contract which fits in line with his injury-plagued season and play it safe?

Coming back to the squad after a couple of injury-hit seasons

Walcott

No one would have thought when Theo was stretchered off against Tottenham in the FA Cup last season that Walcott would be out for so long and even miss the World Cup in Brazil. Sadly, the young Englishman was out for much longer than people expected and even almost a year gone since that injury, he has not recovered fully.

Walcott is slowly being nursed back into regular team football and even though he does start the odd game or two, he does not look like the player who demonised so many defences with his pace and finishing, which had increased over the past few years. Walcott still needs a lot of games under his belt to be called the Flash at Arsenal, his greatest asset was his ability to run past defences and take on defenders, that is something which needs to be worked on greatly if Walcott is to return back to his good days.

Arsenal can be considered unlucky to be losing out so many players to injury, Abou Diaby aside, most players get injured just when they start to hit form and that was sadly what happened to Walcott. Arsenal should not think twice to hand him a sizeable contract, they would not want another situation where the contract talks drag on and on. There are a few English clubs who would be monitoring the Walcott situation and would not mind having a punt at the end of next season when he becomes a free agent.

Walcott is only 26 years old and still has atleast 4-5 good years of football left in him. He has matured and become better at Arsenal and this is a combination which should reap a lot of benefits if both parties agree to be together in the future.