Walcott will be a regular

Arsene Wenger is hopeful that England starlet Theo Walcott will be a regular for Arsenal next year. Walcott finished off the season with the winning goal at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland.

"I think he started as a promising young player and he finished it as a guy who can fight for a regular place in the side," Wenger told arsenal.com. "The next step for him is to be a player who can produce regular performances and efficiency. I am very hopeful he can be that.

"Sometimes he can be too much 'in and out' of the game still but we have seen when he is in, he is completely in now."