Arsenal chief 'very happy' with direction of Arteta contract extension talks

[p]The 44-year-old has been transformative since being appointed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] boss, taking them from nearly men to winning their first Premier League title in 22 years last season.[/p][p]It’s unsurprising that the club are looking to renew his contract as Arteta enters the final year of his current deal.[/p][p]Speaking to [b][i]Sky Sports News[/i][/b], executive Garlick is confident Arteta will put pen to paper on a new contract "sooner rather than later".[/p][p][b]"The process is in play, and we’re all very happy with the way that’s progressing," [/b]he said.[/p][embed guid="604072c1-718b-4e66-a78a-65562f3d6e10" url="https://x.com/Arsenal/status/2089416671622775000" social-type="twitter" /][p]"We’ve got a transfer window to navigate over the next couple of weeks, but we’ll look to conclude that as soon as we can.[/p][p][b]"Talks have been ongoing for a while. We don’t just suddenly start having talks – they’ve been ongoing for a number of months, and they’re very constructive and very progressive.[/b][/p][p][b]"He wants to be at this club, and we want him to be at the club, and I’m sure we’ll find the solution sooner rather than later."[/b][/p][p]Arsenal have never retained the Premier League. They’ll be looking to change that in 2026/27 as they kick off their campaign with a visit from newly promoted Coventry on Friday.[/p]