Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has set a Christmas deadline for the club to agree a new deal with Theo Walcott whose current contract expires next summer. Wenger said: "There is urgency. We want to sort it out before Christmas, one way or the other."
Asked if the Gunners would have to sell the 23 year old if no agreement was reached by 2013, Wenger said: "I would not like to."
Walcott rejected a five-year, £75,000-a-week offer in August, saying he wanted to switch from the wing to centre-forward.
On Wednesday it was reported that Walcott was reluctant to discuss a new contract unless he regains a regular starting spot.
