'I want to be here': Mikel Arteta hints he will sign new Arsenal contract

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arteta-mikel/lAbHYaQM/"]Arteta[/a] ended [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a]'s 22-year wait to win the Premier League in May and was expected to sign a new contract as a reward for that historic success.[/p][p]With Arsenal set to begin their 2026/27 campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/?mid=jNXdfeGb"]the Community Shield on Sunday[/a], there have been few signs of the Spaniard getting close to putting pen to paper.[/p][p]But Arteta, who joined Arsenal in 2019, last agreed a new contract with the north London club in 2024, and he has no doubts another deal will eventually be signed.[/p][p]"[b]They don't have to worry about any of that, because I want to be here[/b]," he told reporters on Friday.[/p][p]"[b]I am extremely happy. I feel very grateful to work with the people that I work with and when we have the possibility, we will resolve that. And that's it[/b]."[/p][embed guid="62c2f03e-7bec-447d-8790-7d20039568cc" url="https://x.com/afcstuff/status/2088383423500992750" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hinting Arsenal's busy close-season transfer activity has been his priority instead of the contract, Arteta reassured supporters not to fret.[/p][p]"[b]There is always another priority, I think! That's the way we have been treating it, I think because everybody feels comfortable that the time on the contract is not going to be an issue[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]I think because my will, certainly, is to be here and I am very happy here. My feeling from the club is the same one. That is why everyone is doing things in a really organic way[/b]."[/p][p]Arsenal have boosted their title-winning squad with the additions of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bruno-guimaraes/xtyKanzU/"]Bruno Guimaraes[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/club-brugge/rgTHIK74/"]Club Brugge[/a] forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tzolis-christos/484Acu9H/"]Christos Tzolis[/a].[/p][p]They also made Piero Hincapie's loan move from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayer-leverkusen/4jcj2zMd/"]Bayer Leverkusen[/a] permanent and landed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meslier-illan/GWere1Jg/"]Illan Meslier[/a] on a free transfer.[/p][p]Arteta's pursuit of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rogers[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vinicius-junior/CbwQ4Mws/"]Vinicius Junior[/a] was unsuccessful during a transfer window where Manchester City, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] have all spent £100 million ($135 million) on one player.[/p][p]But Arteta isn't worried about Arsenal's reign as champions being shattered by one of their big-spending title rivals.[/p][image alt="Arsenal remain keen on Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa" id="1731bee3-8503-421d-a0f3-72bd1b02c9bf" credit-line="REUTERS / Carlos Barria" guid="438cf897-eb53-418c-8efb-cd547b64a899" original-width="2133" original-height="1513" /][p]"[b]I am really happy with the squad, the players that I have and I am really happy with the ambition of the club[/b]," said Arteta, who has been linked with Villa's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konsa-ezri/4CQLQWTa/"]Ezri Konsa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayer-leverkusen/4jcj2zMd/"]Leverkusen[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quansah-jarell/KtIpCeFE/"]Jarell Quansah[/a] to strengthen Arsenal's defence.[/p][p]"[b]There is zero question about that and we have shown that in the manner we have tried to act, but I think we need to do it our own way[/b].[/p][p]"[b]We have super strengths and we have other areas we need to be very conscious because we don't have the elements or the structure that other clubs have[/b].[/p][p]"[b]We need to do it our way. We are always on it that way and we will do what we believe is the right thing to do. To have the best possibility to compete in every competition that's for sure[/b]."[/p]