Wil In If Wal Out

Arsene Wenger is lining up a January replacement for Theo Walcott if the current contract feud hits a dead end.

The Daily Mail are reporting Wenger is set to launch a miserly £9 million move for sought after Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.

Although Palace co-owner Steve Parish has expressed his value of Zaha at around £20 million, but 'Ebenezer' at The Emirates is hoping the lure of Premier League football without having to leave London for a team that the Ivorian born flier supported as a boy will make Zaha a yuletide bargain.

Sam Jewell

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