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Walcott set for training return

28 Feb 2009 - 12:14:25

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England international Theo Walcott will return to full training on Monday, according to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

The former Southampton star has been sidelined since November after injuring his shoulder while on international duty.

"Theo will join in on normal training on Monday and then we will see how he behaves with challenges," Wenger told the Gunners' official website.

Meanwhile, Wenger has described Manuel Almunia as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.

He added: "Manuel does not get as much credit as he deserves. He has had a good season and had maybe one difficult game at Tottenham, and the fans are less forgiving for a game like that, than for any other game.

"I rate him very highly. We have two world-class goalkeepers, Lukasz Fabianski and him.

"I rate Almunia as highly as (Petr) Cech, (Edwin) Van der Sar and (Shay) Given because if you keep clean sheets you cannot do much better."