Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admits he's delighted with Martin Odegaard's new deal.

The captain has penned terms to 2028.

Arteta said today: "It's great news for the club, great news for the team, I'm really happy for him as well because he really deserves that. It just shows that there are many ways to make it and many pathways to arrive where you want. In the end, it's about finding a place where you feel comfortable, where you feel valued and you can express your talent. I think he's found that place. He's loved by everybody, respected by everybody and he fully deserves what he's doing.

"We don't know. They don't have to look for a ceiling. They have to look to be better every single day, be humble enough to admit there is still a big room [for improvement] for them. That's one thing you can do individually every day, which I think he does. The other thing is his contribution to all the players that you have around you. When you have players that have the qualities to make you better, that's a huge bonus. So I think you are as good as your team, and the players he has around him elevate his qualities, and that's why he's better and better."

On the core of the team now being signed to new deals, Arteta added: "The club has done really well in the last two or three years to try to give some consistency and try to maintain the talent that we have. We are trying to develop it to be consistently where we want to be and that's the objective, to keep maintaining that and improving the team."