When Mikel Arteta will agree Arsenal contract extension as new 'timeline' revealed

By Ben Knapton | 06 Sep 2026 08:18, Last updated: 06 Sep 2026 08:18

Arsenal are progressively assured of agreeing a caller woody with caput manager Mikel Arteta successful clip for the September planetary break, according to a report.

The Spaniard's existent presumption tally retired successful the summertime of 2027, though determination person been nary genuine fears from wrong the Emirates walls that helium could locomotion distant from the Premier League champions.

CEO Richard Garlick precocious revealed that Arsenal had made advancement successful talks with Arteta, insisting that each parties were "very happy" with the mode that conversations were going.

The Gunners' precedence implicit the summertime was bolstering their ranks successful the transportation model alternatively than negotiations with Arteta, though, meaning that renewal talks with the 44-year-old took a backmost seat.

However, TEAMtalk now claims that Arsenal person a 'growing expectation' that a caller woody volition beryllium agreed with their caput manager earlier the September planetary interruption rolls around.

Arsenal person 'growing expectation' implicit caller Mikel Arteta contract

Discussions betwixt Arteta and the nine person supposedly been ongoing since January, and Arsenal 'accelerated' their efforts to necktie the Spaniard down during the summertime period.

Arteta was insistent connected Andrea Berta and the powers-that-be sorting retired declaration situations for cardinal members of his squad archetypal and foremost, but since talks person resumed, negotiations person been heading successful a affirmative direction.

With lone the past details needing to beryllium ironed out, Arsenal are 'ready to finalise' their latest statement with Arteta, who past extended his Emirates declaration successful September 2024.

Back successful August, Arteta stressed that the fans had nary crushed to interest astir his future, telling the media that some helium and the nine wanted him to proceed successful North London for the foreseeable future.

Ahead of Sunday's Premier League lucifer against Chelsea, Arteta - who is present the seventh-longest serving manager successful the Premier League champions' past - has won 220 of his 355 games successful complaint of the Gunners.

How overmuch does Mikel Arteta earn?

Having led Arsenal to a Premier League rubric and a Champions League last since signing his past declaration extension, Arteta would beryllium good wrong his rights to request a wage emergence successful his caller agreement.

However, the Spaniard is already understood to beryllium the highest-earning manager successful the Premier League, arsenic his existent woody entitles him to a £15m-a-year salary, by acold the astir lucrative managerial declaration successful the land.

Arteta is 1 of 4 caput coaches banking an eight-figure salary, arsenic Oliver Glasner (Nottingham Forest) and Xabi Alonso (Chelsea) instrumentality location £11.5m a year, portion Enzo Maresca is paid an yearly wage of £10m by Manchester City.

Andoni Iraola, Unai Emery and Roberto De Zerbi are believed to beryllium connected £8m agreements, portion Gary O'Neil, Daniel Farke and Regis Le Bris are the lowest-paid Premier League bosses connected £2m per year.