Contract deadline for Walcott

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has urged
the club to sort out Theo Walcott's
contract within the next two months.
The forward's current deal expires at
the end of this season and talks with
the Emirates outfit have stalled in
recent months.
The player and club have been at
loggerheads over salary negotiations
while Walcott has also sought
assurances that he will be used as a
striker rather than a winger.
Wenger has said in the past that he
sees Walcott in a more central role in
the future and he told a press
conference on Thursday that he is
ready to meet his positional demands.
The England international underlined
his credentials as a striker with a hat-
trick in the 7-5 Capital One Cup win
over Reading.
When asked about the 23-year-old's
contract, the Frenchman said: "There is
urgency. I want it resolved by
Christmas. At the moment I think we
will still manage to make a deal with
him.
"I always said it is important that he
plays in the right position and that
certainly would be through the middle
in the future, he showed that again on
Tuesday night.
"The positions on the flanks are
changing, you need to do a lot of
defending. He should be dedicated
more to offensive work.
"He loves to score goals, Theo. He has
good pace, makes excellent, intelligent
runs, and what has changed with Theo
is he's become a very good finisher."