Arsenal have been told that they are going to have to dig deep if they are going to land Sporting Lisbon’s young midfielder William Carvalho.

Carvalho has been branded “the new Patrick Vieira” for his performances in Portugal this season, which has also resulted in 2 goals in his 13 games.

The 21-year-old has been on the radar of a number of English clubs, most prominently Manchester United and Arsenal. However the player’s complicated ownership status as well as his large contract could provide a stumbling block.

Theo Walcott was stretchered off in the 2-0 win against Spurs in the FA cup on Saturday and was all set for a scan on Monday morning with rumours that he would be out for 4 weeks.

Arsenal Football Club released an update this evening on Walcott’s injury:

After coming off injured in Saturday's 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur, the Club regrettably announces that Theo Walcott has sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.”

Today the FA released that Theo Walcott will not receive any punishment for his ‘2-0’ hand gesture towards the away Spurs fans as he was being stretchered off during the FA cup clash between North London rivals.

There was much speculation that Theo could be banned or fined for his gesture as fellow team mate Jack Wilshere was only a month previous. Maybe the FA board considered the fact that Walcott was showered with coins by the spurs fans and only reacted with nothing but a harmless joke.

They could of also considered that Gareth Bale got away with the exact same in last year’s Premier League 2-1 loss at White Hart Lane as Bale showed the score to the fans using his hands during celebration.

The only negative that can be taken from Arsenal's superb 2-0 win against Spurs in the F.A Cup is the fact that the man we have been so reliant on in the last month could be out for about the same time.

Theo Walcott has been electric for Arsenal since finding his place back in the starting 11 scoring 5 and not to mention grabbing a couple of extremely important assists over the festive period also.

After getting stretchered off during the Spurs win fans are now understandably worried about Walcott's injury and whether it is serious or not, Wenger is one of those also unsure on Walcott's injury as seen in his post-match interview.

Arsene Wenger has had his sights set on Bayern Munich frontman Mario Mandzukic, since the news broke that the German champions had picked up one of the world’s best strikers from rivals Borussia Dortmund.

Die Roten get their man

Mandzukic has managed 35 goals in 65 appearances for the German outfit, as well as 13 goals for his country. However, after news finally broke that Munich had completed the signing of long-term target Robert Lewandowski this week, Arsenal were put on red alert.

Lewandowski is one of the most prolific goalscorers in Europe, and is one of only two players to have scored more goals than Mandzukic in the Bundesliga this season. There have been countless rumours of him following Dortmund’s former star man Mario Gotze to  bitter rivals Bayern, with “pre contract agreements” supposedly signed months ago.