Arsenal’s manager, Arsene Wenger has admitted that Theo Walcott’s injury is not as bad as it was initially thought and that he might be fit for the last game of the season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and this forced him to miss out on the game against Stoke on Saturday.
However, with rumours flying about that claimed the player would be out for over six months, have been dismissed by the Gunners boss.
Wenger has now gone on to confirm that Walcott is going to be fir for the upcoming Euro 2012 and that he might even go on and feature in the last game of the season for the North London club.
When talking about the England international and his availability in the future, the Gunners boss is quoted to have said: "It is less serious than we thought. He has a small chance to play in the last game [of the season].”
"For the Euros, he is definitely available."
He then went on to admit that the injury would allow the winger to take some time off and this would make him perform even better when he returned to the team.
"I think in fact the injury of Walcott is good news for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 because he just has a little rest," The 62-year-old explained.
"He had enough competition and now he has a little rest before going there so he should be in a good frame of mind and physically fit."
The manager also went on to admit that the winger tends to be criticized a lot, because the level of expectation is very high, every time he steps onto the pitch.
Wenger concluded: "Theo gets criticism because he raises the level of expectation so much that when he has a disappointing game or doesn't make the difference people straight away go at him because they expect something special."
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