Amazing news, having our two wide boys signed up for the long term is huge.

Glad we've got this done before the last game.

All these were never in doubt.

The big one is Saliba

Big Willie 4 years which is disappointing as would have liked 5. But am guessing his agents made sure we need to be talking again in a couple years time.

      JazzG 4 years which is disappointing as would have liked 5. But am guessing his agents made sure we need to be talking again in a couple years time.

      So we'll have to be going through the same thing again in 2 years time? Yeah, good to get him resigned, but pretty disappointing its not longer.

          fantastic news. get wilo done and we're cooking

          Now that’s worth celebrating. Hoping we also sign someone to support and challenge him next season.

          Big Willie His advisors earning their commission here. As fans you want him tied down as long as possible but if you’re advising him then you try to make it as short as possible.

          Saka is only going to get better at considering he is only 21 if as a club we don’t move forward or match his ambition he’ll want to be in a position where he can reassess his options.

            Great news. Bit of a shame it's not longer and we'll have to do this again in 2 years but it makes sense for him and his agent, Imagine we'll need to win something major to keep him beyond this contract. Probably only so long he can keep seeing all his mates in the national team showing off all their medals (and no doubt being in his ear about joining) until he'll want to be part of it too.

              Four years is acceptable. He's here for the next phase of a squad that must now urgently challenge for major honours. So we achieve those objectives, and Saka will stay on longer, later.

                Burnwinter I'm preparing myself emotionally to lose him after this contract or the next. He's got so many possibilities, find it hard to think he'd pass them all up.

                    Nothing wrong with him leaving in 6-7 years anyway. Like Sterling I’d expect him to peak early and decline early given how much football he’s played from a young age.

                    Main thing is having him here during his prime and hopefully the club winning a few things during that time and not wasting it.

                      Pep has already name dropped him a couple of times. Expecting a 100 mill bid for him if we struggle for another few seasons. Of course it all depends on his development as well.

                        Cannon his comments about the wingers who made him rethink his defence seemed a bit like him trying to butter up potential future signings too.

                            goon Nothing wrong with him leaving in 6-7 years anyway. Like Sterling I’d expect him to peak early and decline early given how much football he’s played from a young age.

                            SEVEN years, please. I sort of have the same thoughts as you, really. I would imagine we'll get his next renewal done, all things being equal, and then the next one is perhaps the one where we will end up bidding him a fond farewell.

                            That said, the long read Arsenal have done on him is fascinating, especially the bit around his ability to take on more loading and his ability (and I think we have to think of it as an ability) to not just stay fit, but thrive despite the increased load. He's just backed to back two ever present seasons in the Premier League with a World Cup in the middle and the Euros at the beginning. So, whilst I tend to agree that come 27-28, we MIGHT have seen his best years, it's possible that this won't be the case.

                            On top of that, and I get he may well want a new experience in a few years time, this is a lad who absolutely loves Arsenal Football Club and it's clear that the feeling is absolutely mutual, We all love him based on 90 minutes every week, and whatever we hear him say in the media. Can you imagine the impact he has around the first team and at London Colney every day? I'm sure Arsenal will move heaven and earth to keep him as long as we can.

                            A Liverpool mate of mine got in touch yesterday, claiming that Saka's agent had "rinsed" Arsenal. I said, from where I'm standing the kid's been our player of the year back to back, he's been ever present two seasons in a row and has probably been underpaid relative to his ever increasing output. If he is being overpaid now, and I don't necessarily accept that he is, then he absolutely deserves it. Plus, I'd much rather it was us overpaying him than anyone else!

                            This is lovely, by the way, if anyone hasn't seen it: https://www.arsenal.com/news/watch-saka-chat-wrighty-after-signing-new-deal

                                Burnwinter honestly, I think that winning the league in the future would accelerate his departure.