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Everton winger Walcott insists FA Cup still retains it's magic

Everton winger Theo Walcott insists the FA Cup still retains it's magic.

Three-time FA Cup winner Walcott says it's "complete rubbish" to suggest that Premier League players don't care about the competition.

Former club Arsenal meet Chelsea today in the final at Wembley.

Walcott told Talksport: "Being an English player it was always been dream to play in the FA Cup, let alone win it three times.

"People say the love of the FA Cup is not there anymore, but that's complete rubbish in my opinion, it's a cup that every player looks back on and wants to win.

"I'm one of the lucky players to have won it, and there are guys in the Everton dressing room who would bite off my hand to be in the a same situation.

"Just looking back at all my shirts, not many players swap shirts anymore but I've obviously been around a long time and I look back at the 2005 and 2006 shirts, I've got a shirt from Leighton Baines that I managed to get him sign, little things like that mean so much to me.

"They might not mean much to anybody else, that's fine, but I can show these to my kids, the medals as well, that's what it's about.

"The memories will always stick with me, scoring a goal in an FA Cup final and winning it with such class [beating Aston Villa 4-0 in 2015], scoring in the Carling Cup final as well, you ask any kid and that's what they want to do."

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