5 emotional goodbyes of the winter transfer window

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Sanchez signed for Manchester Utd after a three and a half year spell at Arsenal

#3 Theo Walcott (Arsenal to Everton)

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Will the move to Everton finally signal his revival?

Arsenal has been involved pretty heavily in this transfer window.

Walcott joined Arsenal from Southampton as a budding young teenager in 2006, and like Coquelin, he's always been around the fringes of the first team squad - not always an undoubted starter, but a very important player nevertheless.

Over the years, he's gone on to win 2 FA Cups and 2 Community Shields with the Gunners. During a difficult period of time for Arsenal after the 2004 Premier League title, Walcott's always been there when Wenger needed him - at the time of his departure for Everton, he was their longest serving player.

But with his niggling injury issues, new signings like Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, and even Ozil and Sanchez, and the emergence of youngsters like Alex Iwobi meant that his time at the Emirates was coming to an end.

His last appearance for England was also 2 years ago, and if he wanted to make a comeback to the national team ahead of the World Cup, he needed more game time.

Everton was a logical destination - in a squad desperately lacking pace up front, Walcott would be a regular starter, and £20 million is a decent fee. And its proven to be the right decision so far - his two goals against Leicester recently propelled the Toffees to a much-needed win.

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