Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has revealed that he could be back in action for the Gunners' Champions League knockout clash with AS Roma on February 24.
The teenager has been sidelined since November after suffering a shoulder injury while on international duty, leaving the Gunners in the midst of an injury crisis as his team-mates Cesc Fàbregas, Emmanuel Adebayor and Tomáš Rosický are also sidelined.
However, Walcott is pleased with the way his recovery is going and is now eyeing a return in the Champions League last-16 fixtures against Roma at the end of the month.
"I am nearly there, and hopefully will be back by the end of this month," he told the club's official website.
"I am doing a lot of rehab work now with the shoulder, landing on it, and also in the gym with a lot of weights to build the muscle strength back.
"I just feel it will be when I am ready. Obviously I do not want to do it again, so I have got to be 100 percent fit."
He added: "My dad had an operation on his right shoulder as well, and when I had my left side done, they did a scan on my right and said that something might have to be done at a different stage.
"So actually it is good that it has come when I am young, and hopefully now it will be as strong as anything."
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The teenager has been sidelined since November after suffering a shoulder injury while on international duty, leaving the Gunners in the midst of an injury crisis as his team-mates Cesc Fàbregas, Emmanuel Adebayor and Tomáš Rosický are also sidelined.
However, Walcott is pleased with the way his recovery is going and is now eyeing a return in the Champions League last-16 fixtures against Roma at the end of the month.
"I am nearly there, and hopefully will be back by the end of this month," he told the club's official website.
"I am doing a lot of rehab work now with the shoulder, landing on it, and also in the gym with a lot of weights to build the muscle strength back.
"I just feel it will be when I am ready. Obviously I do not want to do it again, so I have got to be 100 percent fit."
He added: "My dad had an operation on his right shoulder as well, and when I had my left side done, they did a scan on my right and said that something might have to be done at a different stage.
"So actually it is good that it has come when I am young, and hopefully now it will be as strong as anything."
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