Arsenal open contract talks with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to fend off interest from Liverpool and Chelsea
Midfielder has just one year left on his current £70,000-a-week deal
ARSENAL have opened contract talks with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The Gunners want to tie £30million-rated Ox to a new deal to fend off interest from Liverpool and Chelsea.
Preliminary talks were held last week to extend his current £70,000-a-week terms, which have one season left to run.
The 23-year-old was considering his future during last season after finding himself in and out of Arsene Wenger’s team.
But Wenger wants to keep the England man with a fresh deal that will push Ox past the £100,000-a-week mark.
The Arsenal boss put his players’ contract talks on hold while his own future was up in the air at the end of last season.
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With his future secured for at least two years, Wenger will now turn to trying to tie down Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
Meanwhile Wenger may need to delve deep into the transfer market to sign a new keeper.
Back-up shot stopper Emiliano Martinez has been offered a dream move to Valencia which would leave the French boss with a keeper crisis.