Walcott admits being fan of Arsenal wing pair Saka and Martinelli

Former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott admits he's a fan of Gunners pair Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli.

Walcott says he enjoys watching the wing duo in action.

He told BBC Sport: "They may both play for my old club, but I'm not being biased when I say Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli are the two modern-day wingers that I admire the most.

"I'd love to be playing in this current Gunners team myself too, of course, because they are an exciting side that is expected to challenge for the title - but I would have to get in ahead of Saka down the right, and there would be no chance of that!

"My old position itself has changed so much, in any case. I only retired in August but I don't see myself as having been a modern-day winger. Not in the way Saka and Martinelli operate, anyway.

"Some of the demands of the role now probably don't quite work for me, in that part of the freedom I had in certain areas of the pitch has gone.

"I was sort of old-school, in that I wanted to be direct and aggressive straight away, and put defenders on the back foot.

"Now, it feels like the idea is more about draining the defender. So, a lot of the time the winger will dribble a bit but then he will come back out with the ball. The move continues and the same might happen again, and again, grinding them down."