Mikel Arteta gives positive update on Bukayo Saka contract situation and responds to Nicolas Pepe speculation

Bukayo Saka is a key a part of Mikel Arteta’s aspect (Image: Getty Photographs)

Mikel Arteta says all events are ‘aligned’ over the way forward for Bukayo Saka, with the Arsenal boss wanting a brand new contract for the winger to be finalised quickly.

Saka is an important determine in Arteta’s rebuild of the Gunners and the north London membership are eager to tie him right down to recent phrases.

The participant’s present deal is because of expire in the summertime of 2024 and rival golf equipment have understandably been monitoring the participant’s scenario given his excellent type.

The 20-year-old has been one in all Arsenal’s most constant performers over the previous few seasons and completed the 2021/22 Premier League marketing campaign as their high scorer on 11 targets.

Addressing Saka’s contract scenario on Friday, Arteta mentioned: ‘I'm very assured that we as a membership and Bukayo, his household and agent are all very a lot aligned in what we wish to obtain and now it’s about placing that on a bit of paper.

‘I would really like that to get finished as a result of I don’t need the participant or anyone to be distracted in the midst of the season. However these issues take time they usually must undergo the correct course of.’

Nicolas Pepe has been linked with a change away from Arsenal (Image: Getty Photographs)

A participant whose future is the topic of hypothesis is £72m club-record signing Nicolas Pepe.

The 27-year-old has struggled to reside as much as expectations since his transfer to Arsenal from Lille in 2019.

Pepe has been linked with a transfer to the likes of Good, however Arteta has remained tight-lipped on the way forward for the winger and different members of the squad who've struggled for minutes.

‘What we are able to talk we all the time do when it’s the correct second,’ mentioned Arteta when requested about Pepe.

‘We mentioned that we've got an enormous squad and we’ve allowed some gamers to go away. Till the top of the window something can occur.’

On Ainsley Maitland-Niles, the Spanish boss mentioned: ‘We're addressing these issues personally.’

And relating to any updates on Hector Bellerin’s future, Arteta added: ‘Not in the mean time. No replace and it’s like the opposite conditions in the mean time.’

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