EVERTON star Theo Walcott has revealed the one thing he misses about Arsenal... Gunnersaurus.
The ex-England star, 29, claims he'd fallen out of love with football by the time he left the Gunners in January, but has since rediscovered his passion.
Walcott will now face his old team-mates in the Toffees' trip to the Emirates on Sunday afternoon.
And the flying winger has revealed his one regret leaving Arsenal is that his four-year-old son Finley missed the club mascot.
Walcott said: “He’s always loved Gunnersaurus, so he finds it strange for me to be in blue now. He says, ‘Daddy, why are you in blue and where’s Gunnersaurus?’
“So he’s trying to get a concept of what’s going on. Trying to explain to your kid, ‘You’re not going to see Gunnersaurus for a while’ is actually pretty difficult!”
Walcott spent 12 years at Arsenal, saying he was "frustrated" by the end after being frozen out by Arsene Wenger.
The Everton ace added: “I wasn’t enjoying it. I’ll be honest. I was frustrated, I wasn’t playing, I didn’t play a lot of the games.
“Having spent so much time there, done so well, it does hurt, but that’s gone now. I had great times but I feel like I’m going to have even greater times here, I really do.
“I also feel like I’m playing with a smile on my face. If I’m doing that then the best will come out.”
Walcott added he will celebrate on Sunday should he score against his old club - and hopes fans will understand.
He said: "I would [celebrate]. I think the Arsenal fans will respect that as well.
“I scored against Southampton a few times and I celebrated, this season I scored against them and I celebrated.
“Why can you not enjoy scoring and celebrating a goal for your new team with your fans? They have travelled all that way, enjoy it simple as that.
Some players choose not to and that’s fine, but it’s just who I am – celebrate scoring goals, it’s a great feeling.
“You’re not going to go into the game thinking ‘oh I don’t want to win today, I’ll let the other ten in a blue shirt take this one because I used to play for Arsenal’.
"Just get on with it. I want to win."
The ex-England star, 29, claims he'd fallen out of love with football by the time he left the Gunners in January, but has since rediscovered his passion.
Walcott will now face his old team-mates in the Toffees' trip to the Emirates on Sunday afternoon.
And the flying winger has revealed his one regret leaving Arsenal is that his four-year-old son Finley missed the club mascot.
Walcott said: “He’s always loved Gunnersaurus, so he finds it strange for me to be in blue now. He says, ‘Daddy, why are you in blue and where’s Gunnersaurus?’
“So he’s trying to get a concept of what’s going on. Trying to explain to your kid, ‘You’re not going to see Gunnersaurus for a while’ is actually pretty difficult!”
Walcott spent 12 years at Arsenal, saying he was "frustrated" by the end after being frozen out by Arsene Wenger.
The Everton ace added: “I wasn’t enjoying it. I’ll be honest. I was frustrated, I wasn’t playing, I didn’t play a lot of the games.
“Having spent so much time there, done so well, it does hurt, but that’s gone now. I had great times but I feel like I’m going to have even greater times here, I really do.
“I also feel like I’m playing with a smile on my face. If I’m doing that then the best will come out.”
Walcott added he will celebrate on Sunday should he score against his old club - and hopes fans will understand.
He said: "I would [celebrate]. I think the Arsenal fans will respect that as well.
“I scored against Southampton a few times and I celebrated, this season I scored against them and I celebrated.
“Why can you not enjoy scoring and celebrating a goal for your new team with your fans? They have travelled all that way, enjoy it simple as that.
Some players choose not to and that’s fine, but it’s just who I am – celebrate scoring goals, it’s a great feeling.
“You’re not going to go into the game thinking ‘oh I don’t want to win today, I’ll let the other ten in a blue shirt take this one because I used to play for Arsenal’.
"Just get on with it. I want to win."
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