Arsenal hero Ray Parlour: “We can't sell Welbeck cheaply”

Arsenal hero Ray Parlour has urged the club not to let Danny Welbeck leave on the cheap. "I think people forget he's only 27," said Parlour. "[He's been around forever] That's why people forget that he's so young. "He should be in his prime now, he needs to play on a regular basis and whether he's gonna get that opportunity, I don't think he will at Arsenal with the players in front of him. "But, again, he'll sit down with the manager, and maybe do a Jack Wilshere, maybe he says: 'Look, you're further down the pecking order.' "He's got so many players in front of him that he might want to play first-team football. "With the money bounding around now for players, like £50m-plus for not brilliant players, but average players, then £15m you'd think: 'I'd take that chance.' "I think he's great for the dressing room. I think he's a real lively guy Danny. "I'm sure that when he came to Arsenal… I was speaking to Vic Ackers, the kit man, and he said: 'He's really lively and the energy's much better in the dressing room now.' "So he can bring that to the team as well. But I think that so many clubs would be in for Danny Welbeck."