Theo Exhaustion Worries Wenger

By Our Correspondent
for Arsenal New Today

Published: May 26, 2009

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Arsene Wenger has made it clear that he does not want Theo Walcott to be part of both the England senior team and the Under-21 team this summer. Walcott has been selected by England manager Fabio Cappello for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra next month and there are chances that England U-21 coach Stuart Pearce could select him for the European Championships. If England play well in that tournament, Walcott would get just 6 days break before reporting for pre-season training with his Arsenal teammates. “My feeling is that I am against it. I have let the FA know that he should not play in both national teams during the holiday period. First there is an international on June 2 and June 5, then he joins up with the Under-21s. It is not logical that he plays for the first team and the Under-21s. They finish on June 28 and we start training on July 6,” Wenger said. Wenger,however, sounded less optimistic about preventing the situation when he said, ” It is difficult for us to accept that, but the rules are on the side of the federation and we cannot do anything about it. Capello is comprehensive and Stuart Pearce is less comprehensive. But that is because Capello uses him and then after it is a problem for Stuart Pearce. I have nothing against the senior side, that is the normal FIFA dates. The basic problem is can you use a player for two different national teams during the holiday period? I do not want to stop Theo to play for the Under-21s but during the holiday period they should choose one or the other.”

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