Former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has recalled the second Robin van Persie fully misplaced his head within the dressing room instantly after a win – Arsene Wenger needed nothing to do with it.
Has Theo Walcott retired?
After first rising as a fresh-faced teenager, the 34-year-old has put an finish to an 18-year profession and hung up his boots; reminding us all of simply how outdated we’re getting.
Walcott performed for Premier League golf equipment in Southampton, Arsenal and Everton, in addition to representing England on the worldwide stage, however has now retired after enjoying over 560 senior video games.
“The primary second I put my soccer boots on aged 10, was the beginning of a particular journey for me,” he wrote in a prolonged Instagram put up. Including: “Thanks to everybody who has been with me alongside the way in which.”
Past that social media put up, Walcott additionally introduced the information whereas talking on Gary Neville’s Overlap YouTube channel.
In the identical interview, he took the chance to talk about a few of the juicier tales from behind the scenes throughout his time in North London – as you possibly can see within the clip shared beneath.
Walcott mentioned: “Robin was going for the Golden Boot and I perceive strikers are egocentric, they wish to rating, I get it. We had been enjoying Man Metropolis and Arteta scored, it was fairly a well-known purpose for him, really. I bear in mind we got here in [to the dressing room] and everybody was pleased and Robin wasn’t pleased as a result of he didn’t rating.
“Aaron went clear via on the finish, he ought to have squared it to him and Robin scores. We had been all pleased after which Robin goes off on one with Aaron.
“It will get all heated and gamers are getting thrown all over. I bear in mind seeing Arsene [Wenger], kind of, slip previous and go to his again workplace as a result of he thought the gamers will simply cope with this.
“So after I say he did not like confrontation, I felt like he would get the staff to cope with the issues.”
A fan on Twitter has since dug out the precise second being spoken about and, to be honest, you possibly can fully perceive why Van Persie acquired so upset with Ramsey.
Certainly, within the 94th minute of the match, Tomas Rosicky pokes via a nice move to Aaron Ramsey, who runs via on purpose and selfishly tries to attain himself when he had Van Persie – who hoped to win the Golden Boot on the time – standing unmarked in acres of house.
The possibility is wasted and it is no shock to find out how indignant the Dutch ahead was even lengthy after the incident.
What number of Premier League targets has Theo Walcott scored?
Throughout his time within the Premier League, Walcott performed 397 instances in complete, scoring 80 targets, whereas additionally choosing up 56 assists alongside the way in which as he turned out for Arsenal, Everton and Southampton.
His best-ever goalscoring season got here for the Gunners in 2012/13 when he netted 14 league targets in 32 outings and he’ll probably be most fondly remembered in North London as he scored 108 targets in all competitions for the staff he joined as a 16-year-old.