For the second time in a month Theo Walcott has been linked with a £25m move to West Ham.

The 27 year has apparently ‘grown frustrated’ with his lack of first team opportunities at Arsenal, and with the signing of Jamie Vardy imminent, the club are willing to listen to offers for Walcott.

Last month the story was carried in The Sun, and today’s report from James Olley in the Evening Standard adds more fuel to this particular fire. As a journalist very much on the Arsenal beat his information is usually spot on.

Walcott and Vardy share the same agents, so there’s undoubtedly some behind the scenes knowledge of how the arrival of the Leicester man might impact on Walcott’s playing time next season or, indeed, Arsene Wenger’s plans for him.

His departure this summer would be unsurprising anyway, having become very much a bit-part player in the second half of the season, and scoring just 9 goals in 44 appearances in the duration of the campaign.

West Ham are flush with cash and have a brand new higher capacity stadium having left Upton Park for the Olympic stadium. Their board have spoken openly about big spending this summer, and it’s a deal which makes sense for both them and the player.

We’re giving this one a three on the Poo-o-Meter.