Arsenal Kop Walcott an Emirates ticket to Liverpool

Call him a late bloomer, a late starter, a speedster without a footballing brain, the fastest slow learner in the Premier League, the diamond in the rough of English football, or just Theo Walcott – Arsenal seem determined to let him go.

No amount of inventive play off the bench, goal scoring or pleading seems to be working for the speedy winger who believes he can be Arsenal’s next Robin Van Persie.

Instead, Arsene Wenger seems to be happy to let him come off the bench as an impact sub, as he did against West Ham in the 3-1 win.

So, where will Walcott go?

Liverpool are the club most in dire need of a proven goal-scorer.

The over-reliance on Luis Suarez is not only robbing Liverpool of wins in games they dominate, it is, perhaps, driving Suarez to the ground in search of fouls and penalities far more than other strikers.

Raheem Sterling, Samed Yesil, Ousama Assaidi are all part of the future, yes.

Liverpool need a here and now. Fabio Borini is not it. Not yet.

Though the temptation for a big man up front to erase the memory of letting Andy Carroll go will hover around Anfield.

But, Brendan Rodgers is adamant. It’s tiki-taka or nothing.

This is why, Theo Walcott might be the answer to Liverpool’s goal-scoring and second striker problems.

Walcott, who is 23, is in the final year of his current deal and could leave for free next summer.

However, Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has said: “We have got our general overall wage structure and we are not prepared to break it for anybody.

“We have made an offer which he didn’t think was acceptable and that is the end of it. We think it is a very reasonable offer.

“For the moment his people are still talking to us and we hope it will be resolved. But don’t ask me when, because I haven’t a clue.

“I hope that he will eventually come round and sign.

Liverpool fans need to hope that Rodgers goes round to the Emirates and signs Walcott on.

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