Arsenal are ready to open new contract talks with manager Arsene Wenger. The Sunday Mirror says having smashed the club's transfer record to sign Mesut Ozil for £42.4m last week, Arsenal's priority is to now secure the future of Wenger.
The Frenchman's deal expires at the end of this season and talks over a new contract were shelved while the Ozil signing was secured.
Arsenal fan groups had released statements calling for 63-year-old Wenger's contract to be put on the back burner after the opening-day defeat against Aston Villa.
But owner Stan Kroenke and chief executive Ivan Gazidis have taken the Ozil signing as further proof that Wenger deserves a new deal.
