Mikel Arteta will soon be offered a new contract with Arsenal

Fabrizio Romano believes Arsenal will soon offer manager Mikel Arteta a new contract, with the first talks over a new deal having already taken place.

The Spanish manager’s current contract with Arsenal expires in 2025 and the Gunners are keen to offer him a new one after returning the north London club to the top of English football as they vie for the Premier League title with Man City over the last two. seasons.

Arteta is arguably Arsenal’s most important man at the moment as the club is a different place to when he initially arrived in 2019.

The club, players and fans all want the 42-year-old to stay at the Emirates Stadium for a long time and it seems Arteta is fully committed to seeing the project he is working on in north London through to fruition.

According to Fabrizio Romano, Arsenal have already had initial discussions with their manager about a new deal and he believes it will happen soon, but there is no panic as the Gunners are sure Arteta wants to continue at the club beyond 2025.

Mikel Arteta will soon be offered a new contract with Arsenal — Mikel Arteta set to stay at Arsenal beyond 2025

Mikel Arteta will be offered a new contract “soon”, says Fabrizio Romano

“I think soon. I don’t think it’s going to be long. Arsenal have already had a few conversations with Mikel Arteta’s agents. And they are quite relaxed because they are very happy with Arteta and Arteta is very happy with Arsenal. They all believe together in this project for the present and the future,” Romano said when asked about Arteta’s future on The CaughtOffside daily briefing.

“That’s why they’re not in a hurry. Obviously they want to do it as quickly as possible, but they believe that Arteta is not holding discussions with any other club.

“He just wants to concentrate on the Arsenal project and they are more than happy with him so I think it’s only a matter of time before they meet again, they can work out the details of the new contract , but the initial conversations have already taken place and so I think it’s a matter of time and then we will see Mikel Arteta sign a new contract.