West Ham United plotting shock £26m raid for England and Arsenal forward

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Date: 8th March 2016 at 1:48pm
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West Ham United are lining up a shock summer swoop for England international Theo Walcott, according to the Brentwood Gazette.

The Premier League club, who climbed up to fifth in the standings over the weekend after coming back from two goals down to defeat Everton 3-2 on Saturday, are reportedly interested in signing the Arsenal forward.

The 26-year-old, who has 42 international caps for the Three Lions and could feature for Roy Hodgson’s side at the 2016 UEFA European Championships this summer in France, has scored six goals and provided six assists in 39 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners so far this season.

Walcott, who joined manager Arsene Wenger at the fellow London outfit back in January 2006 following his move from Southampton in a deal worth up to £12m, has become a transfer target of Hammers boss Slaven Bilic later this year as West Ham move into their Olympic Stadium.

The report suggests that Bilic’s side are plotting a £26m raid for Walcott, who has scored 82 goals in 335 games for the Gunners.

 
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One response to “West Ham United plotting shock £26m raid for England and Arsenal forward”

  1. B says:
    8th March 2016 at 5:13 pm

    Although I strongly believe that Theo Walcott is an excellent player , but his problem he is not convinced to play in his best position as a Winger and wants to play as an ouright striker where he proved to be unsuccessful . I will be sad to see him leaving Arsenal after ten years but if it had to be, then Arsenal do not need money and they are interested in two of West Ham players , Paet and Oxford so the two clubs shouls sit down and try to reach a deal that benfits the two sides.