Arsene Wenger: 'Arsenal will continue Theo Walcott contract talks'

Wenger hopeful of Walcott stay

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that the club will continue their contract negotiations with forward Theo Walcott.

The 23-year-old's current contract runs out at the end of the season and an agreement over a new deal has yet to be reached.

"I believe he is doing very well," Wenger told Arsenal's official website. "I haven't changed my mind on him.

"I always said I want to keep him and we [will] try to find an agreement. We haven't found it yet but we'll continue.

"He doesn't play like somebody who wants to go and I don't behave like somebody who wants him to go because he plays."

Walcott was on target in Arsenal's 5-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates on Saturday.

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