Arsene Wenger insists he is not on the verge on signing a new contract at Arsenal and will base his decision on his future on how his side fare next season.
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However, Wenger was firm in his denial of that claim, saying: “It is completely wrong”.
‘I don’t know where this information comes from.
Having won just three league matches, Villa’s relegation to the Championship was confirmed in mid-April and they are set to finish more than 20 points from safety.
“It is absolutely false”.
“I think if you were still a competitor you would watch those television shots of the (Leicester) players celebrating with the trophy and picking it up and thinking that that should have been you”.
Third-placed Arsenal end their Premier League campaign at home to relegated Aston Villa on Sunday.
The focus is to respect my contract.
Both club and player are thought to have agreed terms which would come as a huge boost to the fans who hope to see Alexis Sanchez ignore reported interest from German champions Bayern Munich. “I will see where I am personally and where the club stands”.
Wilshere was called upon to play the last 65 minutes of the Gunners’s 2-2 draw with Manchester City last weekend after Danny Welbeck suffered a knee injury at The Etihad.
The attacker has been ruled out for around nine months and Wenger says everyone at the club is devastated for him as Welbeck had only recently returned from 10-months on the sidelines with a similar knee problem. Arsenal have to win and I think it’s going to be a big win to end a disastrous season for Villa. You imagine as 25-year-old professional and you get news like that, we will have to support to him to cope with it.
Wenger has NOT agreed an Arsenal contract extension. Santi Cazorla was out five months and Francis Coquelin four.
Theo Walcott’s relatively few games this season can work in his favour in France this summer, says Arsene Wenger.
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“Mikel Arteta is captain of the club and has been a great leader”.
