Arsenal target Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has signed a new deal with Schalke.

A number of Premier League clubs, including Arsenal and Liverpool have been credited with an interest in Huntelaar, but Schalke have managed to tie him down to a new deal until 2015.

"I have thought long and hard about this decision and I am very grateful to my managers of FC Schalke have given this time. But now I have made the decision in which I have the best feeling," Huntelaar told the club's official website.

"I've always felt comfortable at Schalke, the club and its fans."