Arsene agrees new deal to 2013

[Kiwi Gooner]

Arsene Wenger Verbally Agrees Contract Extension To Ensure Arsenal Keep Cesc Fabregas And Robin van Persie

*New deal will expire in 2013
*Salary to stretch beyond current £5m-a-year package
*Formalities to be completed this summer

By Wayne Veysey | Arsenal Correspondent
May 5, 2010 4:00:00 AM

Arsene Wenger has agreed to stay on at Arsenal and extend his contract by another two years, Goal.com UK can reveal.

The Frenchman, whose current deal ends in June 2011, has told the board that he will remain at Emirates Stadium until 2013.

The earlier-than-anticipated verbal agreement is a huge boost to the club’s hopes of hanging on to marquee players such as Robin van Persie and particularly Cesc Fabregas, who is expected to stay at Arsenal for at least one more season.

It will extend the reign of Wenger, who turns 61 in October, to a remarkable 17 years and almost guarantees that Arsenal is his final full-time job in club management.

It is understood that Wenger has only spoken informally with the club but his advisers will begin detailed negotiations on the terms of the deal in the coming weeks and the Frenchman is expected to put pen to paper this summer, possibly even before the World Cup.

He is likely to receive an increase on his current salary package, which is believed to be in the region of £5 million a year.

The timing of the decision has come as a pleasant surprise, notwithstanding the team’s implosion over the last month, which has resulted in criticism that Wenger’s youth project has failed.

The Frenchman normally prefers to wait until the final months of his contract before committing himself to the club for another fixed term.

During the final year of his last three-year deal in 2007-08, he did not sign the papers until September - over a month into the season - even though he had privately told influential director Danny Fiszman a few months before that he intended to stay.

However, the board were eager to get a firm commitment from Wenger, given the £45m transfer kitty that will be at his disposal this summer and the uncertainty over the futures of Arsenal’s leading players.

Andrey Arshavin has been making covetous glances in Barcelona’s direction and the European champions also have a much-publicised interest in Fabregas and even Gael Clichy.

The dressing room remains behind Wenger, many of whom are in awe of the Frenchman and are grateful to him for giving them their chance earlier than would have been possible at one of Europe’s other elite clubs.

Although there are no dissenting voices in the boardroom about the wisdom of extending the contract of a manager who has been trophy-less for five years, the club were also aware that a new man would realistically need around £70m to rebuild the squad.

Wenger has now doubled his previous longest managerial stint with one club, which was the seven years he spent at Monaco from 1987 to 1994.

[brazilianGOONER]

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[Emma_bryne]

Sorry mate but http://onlinegooner.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=23323

[Kiwi Gooner]

Ah, shit.

[northbankbren]

potato, stuttgart, cork or ex-boss who will be first, you lot should look into merging threads.......and one of you working nights...wayno could be back

[Kiwi Gooner]

potato, stuttgart, cork or ex-boss who will be first, you lot should look into merging threads

I'll put it down to a time zone thing, Bren.

[northbankbren]

potato, stuttgart, cork or ex-boss who will be first, you lot should look into merging threads

I'll put it down to a time zone thing, Bren.

Dont worry kiwi these bloody mods should work 24/7 and realise its the world wide web not the part time delete/lock catch up web

[Kiwi Gooner]

potato, stuttgart, cork or ex-boss who will be first, you lot should look into merging threads

I'll put it down to a time zone thing, Bren.

Dont worry kiwi these bloody mods should work 24/7 and realise its the world wide web not the part time delete/lock catch up web

Heh. That's why it's a bugger when the European lot go to bed.
Like, it's 3.28pm here at the moment and two hours of work to go and I'd much rather be talking about Arsenal than working.

[SCREAM AIM FIRE]

why doesnt wenger take a £3m a year paycut and maybe use that to to find the next eboue?

[jrthgooner]

Why should he be given another contract? If the players are more loyal to him that the fans who come along and pay their wages then they can go with him as far as I am concerned!!

After 5yrs of failure why should he not get a pay rise????

[Eboue-Why?]

At least this rules out the 'Will he, won't he' shit which could have hung around through all of next season.
Now he can get on and assemble a better squad.

[Percy Dalton]

At least this rules out the 'Will he, won't he' shit which could have hung around through all of next season.
Now he can get on and assemble a better squad.

Was there a clause in his previous contract that said he couldn't do that?

As he sure as hell hasn't assembled a better squad for the past five years!

[rodders999]

I'm so fucking depressed about EVERYTHING Arsenal at the moment.

Ooh to be a gooner eh??

[RaM]

I'm so fucking depressed about EVERYTHING Arsenal at the moment.

Ooh to be a gooner eh??

Would you rather commiserate as an Arsenal fan or celebrate as a Spurs one?


There ya go.

[rodders999]

RaM, We're so far out of that lots league I wouldn't go about basing my feelings on Arsenal on how they're doing. Compare yourself to the Chavs if you want to compare yourself with someone on "our level". I use those inverted commas loosely mind as we're on fucking on noones level at the moment.