England Under 21 boss Stuart Pearce hopes that Theo Walcott nails down a regular place in the Arsenal team after the forward gave Romania the runaround in a 1-1 draw tuesday night.

Pearce was impressed with the performance of Walcott, who underwent shoulder surgery in the summer, but knows the 18-year-old needs to be playing regularly.

Pearce said: “Theo gets you off your seat and goes past people for fun. He needs to get 90 minutes under his belt as often as he can. It would have been nice to have had him in the squad in the summer.”

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