Arsene Wenger May Extend Arsenal Contract

Arsene Wenger is considering extending his contract with Arsenal.

The Frenchman has been with the London club since 1996 and has just twelve months left on his contract.

Speaking to the Observer he said:  "I am at a stage where if I extend my contract it means I will finish my career at club level at Arsenal.

“If I go for a different challenge - I have been offered many challenges you know - it has to be now.

"That's a decision I have to make. But basically, I have no desire to change from here. I have one more year, and we are maybe thinking about extending it."

In his time at Arsenal, Wenger has taken the club to three Premier League titles as well as four FA Cup trophies.

This summer Wenger has had a battle on his hands to keep captain Cesc Fabregas at the club after the Spaniard expressed his desire to return to Barcelona.

Arsenal turned down two offers for Fabregas from the Spanish giants and earlier this week it was announced that the Spaniard would be staying at the Emirates.

Wenger believes that it is because of the strong financial situation that the club is in that they have been able to keep their big names.

He was torn. But I must say that during the whole period Cesc was remarkably respectful of Arsenal. He has never shown a lack of love for the club, and in the end we managed to hold on to him.

"What people do not realise is we can say no to anybody in the world because we are in a healthy financial situation.

"If we are £300million in debt, we cannot keep our best players. People have to understand that we were strong with the Fabregas case because we are well managed.

"We could afford to be strong, we can afford to say no to any number, because we just feel we want to keep our best players."

Arsenal gets their season underway next weekend when they travel to Anfield to face Liverpool.

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