Football: Ambitious Walcott joins Everton from Arsenal

Author: Agencies

LONDON: Everton have signed Theo Walcott from Premier League rivals Arsenal on a 3-1/2 year deal with the forward saying he wants to take the Merseyside club to the next level. The 28-year-old, who joined Arsenal in 2006, scored 108 goals in 397 appearances but has struggled to hold down a first-team place this season under manager Arsene Wenger. Neither club disclosed the transfer fee but British media said Everton paid about 20 million pounds ($27.59 million) for the England international, who completed a medical on Wednesday. “I’m very ambitious and I’ve come here because I want the club to push to the next level,” Walcott told Everton’s website. (www.evertonfc.com). “And with the players that have come in, I feel like the next level can be reached.”

Published in Daily Times, January 18th 2018.

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