Friday, 25 November 2016

Arsenal plan to offer Jack Wilshere extended deal in new year

• Arsène Wenger wants to begin talks with on-loan midfielder in January
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Arsène Wenger plans to offer Jack Wilshere a contract extension around the new year.

The midfielder, on a season-long loan at Bournemouth, will have one year remaining when he returns to Arsenal in the summer and Wenger wants to begin talks in January to retain the services of a homegrown player whose association with the club goes back to boyhood. Wenger quipped that negotiations would not be imminent – “not before the Bournemouth game” – but he did want to get cracking on talks soon. “Ideally, yes.”

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