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Melanie Slade and Theo Walcott.

MEL LOVEBUG

SHE'S Mel on wheels! Delighted Melanie Slade tries out her new VW Beetle yesterday - a romantic gift from World Cup wonderkid boyfriend Theo Walcott.

The £20,000 soft-top lovebug was delivered to 17-year-old Mel's home in Southampton complete with personalised number plate M444 TJW, which stands for Melanie for Theo J Walcott. Arsenal's Theo, 17, had also stuck a miniature Gunners shirt on the window.

The England defender Ashley Cole believes Theo Walcott is as quick as his Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry and is convinced the 17-year-old can make a World Cup impact.

Walcott is poised to play some part in England's B international against Belarus at Reading tonight after impressing in training. Cole already views Walcott as a player with "an old head on young shoulders" and is not surprised that Sven-Goran Eriksson has gambled on taking such raw talent to Germany.

Cole said: "I've seen Theo in training and the pace he has can be used to our advantage. He's a great talent and once you see him in training you realise that. He's always going to be a threat if we use him up front and he is going to terrify some defenders. He has the pace to get in behind them.

Is he the quickest player at Arsenal? I'd have to say it was once Thierry but now it's out of Theo and Thierry. I've had to mark Theo and I know just how fast he is - very, very fast."

ARSENE WENGER ON THEO WALCOTT

He is level-headed and is not a guy who will panic. He has good mental strengths, is calm when he has to finish and has improved a lot. He has good physical power.

He is a great finisher, the timing of his runs is very good and he has a very short backlift which means he doesn't take very much time to finish.

He is not ready to say completely that he is a Wayne Rooney. I believe that Rooney has a naturally determined attitude.

He comes on and straight away he makes you think 'listen I'm here to sort you out' and he has that natural attitude and instinct of a striker who has no doubt in his mind.

Theo is more of a guy that uses his pace and he may not be as involved as Rooney in the game but when he is in there it is to be lethal.

He is a quiet personality but he is a strong personality. I believe he will cope with it surprisingly well.