Wenger insists Walcott’s time will come

ARSENE WENGER is in no doubt teenager Theo Walcott could “help” England — but he warned it would be wrong to bill the Arsenal youngster as the nation’s saviour-in-waiting.

Walcott was fast-tracked into Sven-Goran Eriksson’s World Cup squad before he played for the Arsenal first team, but did not get a game in Germany.

The pacy 17-year-old has so far only been used as an impact substitute by Wenger this season — and to great effect. Walcott grabbed the headlines again when he came off the bench to score twice as England U-21s beat Germany in their European Championship play-off on Tuesday — a night before the senior national team were humbled by Croatia in Zagreb.