Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to countless major trophies during his 22-year reign at the club, leading them to an undefeated Premier League season as well as a first-ever Champions League final.

It was perhaps the Frenchman’s vision in the transfer market, particularly in his first decade, which really enamoured him to the Arsenal faithful.

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The likes of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, and Marc Overmars were all signed and contributed towards one of the greatest periods in the club's revered history.

One of his most underrated signings was that of Theo Walcott in January 2006, with Wenger paying Southampton an initial fee of just £5m for the 16-year-old. He had to wait until his 17^th birthday to sign full professional forms.

That summer, Walcott made headlines by being selected for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England World Cup squad, without having played a single minute for Arsenal.

He didn’t feature at the tournament but made his Arsenal debut in August 2006 and scored just eight goals in his first two seasons.

Goal returns of six, four, 13, and 11 suggested he was developing into the player that saw Wenger bring him to the club in the first place.

It was 2012/2013 when he had a proper breakthrough, certainly in goal contribution terms, for the club. Buoyed on by being part of England’s Euro 2012 squad (scoring in a 3-2 win over Sweden) Walcott netted 21 goals and registered 16 assists in all competitions.

This proved to be the apex for the winger at Arsenal, with 2016/2017 being the only campaign that came close to matching those ridiculous heights (19 goals and two assists). His talents deserved more trophies, with the Englishman winning three FA Cups under Wenger, but his spell at the club coincided with their nine-year trophy drought.

The Frenchman lavished praise on the winger when he was going through the best scoring season of his career in 2013, saying he was “absolutely sensational” following the successful transformation at the club.

All in all, Walcott scored 108 goals and grabbed a further 80 assists during his 12-year spell in London, before moving to Everton and back to his first club, Southampton.

For £5m, Wenger certainly spotted a prodigious young talent. Whether or not he lived up to his early promise is up for debate, but 108 goals for Arsenal and 47 appearances for England suggest that the Frenchman saw something.