Wenger confident Walcott will ink deal

January 11, 2013
By Press Association
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger remains positive Theo Walcott's new contract will be signed by the end of the month after revealing talks were progressing "slowly, but smoothly."

The England forward's current deal runs out in the summer, and the club has been in negotiations to close out terms on a lucrative extension which would make Walcott among the highest-paid Arsenal players with a five-year contract worth around 90,000 pounds ($145,000) a week, boosted by lucrative add-ons.

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