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A quiet day on the transfer rumour front yesterday, but it’s a loud one this morning.

“You’ll Never Walc Alone” is the headline on the back page of the Daily Mirror, with Liverpool linked with a shock swoop (always a swoop, never just a routine bid) for Arsenal winger Theo Walcott.

According to a number of national papers, including the Express, the Reds are monitoring the England international’s contract situation at Arsenal, with a view to a summer move.

Walcott has just over a year left on his current Gunners deal, and with Liverpool no closer to agreeing a new contract with Raheem Sterling, the 26-year-old could, we are told, emerge as a potential replacement.

The Express reports that Arsene Wenger is “steeling himself for protracted negotiations” with Walcott, but states that, from the player’s point of view, the big issue will be playing time. After all, he has hardly set the world alight since returning from a long-term knee injury earlier this season.

The Mirror also points out that Liverpool enquired about Walcott’s availability back in January 2013, before he signed his current Arsenal contract, and that the player himself grew up a Reds fan. Not that that will really have too much relevance to any potential transfer, one would suspect.

Elsewhere, it’s suggested a major shake-up is in the offing at Manchester City, with Yaya Toure, Bacary Sagna, Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko, among others, all heading for the exit door. Whether they will beat Manuel Pellegrini to it, I very much doubt.

But in any case, the suggestion then, of course, is that the new manager will be given a good old-fashioned ‘warchest’ to strengthen with. And with Sterling’s situation still rather unclear – except for that pesky two year contract he still has – that could, could, mean the Liverpool man comes into City’s crosshairs.

See, you never get two quiet transfer days in a row.