Chamberlain and Arteta Set For New Deals

Arsenal could look to hand new contracts to two of their top performing players of the past season. Young England star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who impressed fans and media alike with his outstanding performances in an Arsenal shirt in the past 12 months, which eventually led to him receiving a call up to the England Euro 2012 squad. Arteta meanwhile, who moved from Everton for £10 million on deadline last summer, is also set to receive a new contract. Chamberlain’s new contract is expected to extend his stay with the club until 2017 whilst also raising his wages to a poor suitable level for a first team squad member, the club feel his performances warrant this wage rise while also they want to extend his contract to head off any potential interested clubs.
Arteta’s new contract deal is not expected to be a contract extension, ...