New £15m contract for Wenger + £40m January transfer budget

According to reports that started in The Sun, Arsenal look set to offer Arsene Wenger a new contract worth £15 million a year, with the added incentive of a £40 transfer budget to spend on reinforcements in January. Wenger’s current contract expires at the end of the season, and the Arsenal board are looking to secure his services before clubs like PSG try and swoop in. As we have all read multiple times over the last few days, Wenger played an important part in bringing Mesut Ozil to the Emirates on Transfer Deadline Day. There is no doubt that Wenger is a manager under whom many of Europe’s top young talents would love to be playing. He has a fantastic track record with taking young players and turning them into world-class footballers. With the money now available to the club, we finally get the chance to see what he can do with players who are already world-class. “I chose Arsenal because they are one of the top clubs in England. [Wenger] is a world-class manager – he’s demonstrated that for year “A lot of players have developed under his guidance in the past and that’s why I decided to join Arsenal.” As far as I am concerned, it seems only fair to let Wenger finish what he started. We are finally looking like a team that can really challenge for the title after so many seasons on the periphery and I believe that Wenger is the man that can make it happen. I am by no means an “Arsene Knows Best” person, but I have always said that he is still the best man for the club. The Ozil signing seems to have changed a lot of fans opinions on the situation. It seems that people who were calling for Wenger’s head on September 1st now can’t jump on the Wenger bandwagon quick enough! No doubt there won’t be too many complaints when he signs his new deal. No club football this weekend, but we will finally get to see Özil in action next weekend.