Arsenal plans to reward Mikel Arteta after ending a 22-year wait for Premier League champions by offering a lucrative new contract and strengthening his squad. Talks to extend his deal beyond next summer paused while Arsenal competed with Manchester City, though expectations remained that he would stay even without a trophy. Arteta became the second-youngest Premier League-winning manager and achieved the title with his first senior management job. Since his appointment in December 2019, he transformed Arsenal, and a new deal is expected to reflect those achievements. His current contract is believed to be worth about £10m per season plus a £5m Champions League bonus, with a large salary increase potentially approaching Diego Simeone’s reported £30m annual wage. Arsenal will resume contract discussions after the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, with Arteta involved in recruitment alongside sporting director Andrea Berta.
"Arsenal will reward Mikel Arteta for ending Arsenal's 22-year wait to be champions by offering him a lucrative new contract that will cement the Spaniard's status as one of the best-paid managers in the world. The club are also well advanced with plans to strengthen his squad. Talks over extending Arteta's deal beyond next summer were put on hold while Arsenal battled it out with Manchester City in the Premier League, although insiders insist there was an expectation he would have stayed even if the season had ended without a trophy."
"The 44-year-old has become the second-youngest manager to win the Premier League, after Jose Mourinho with Chelsea in 2004, and matched Kenny Dalglish's achievement with Liverpool in 1990 in making a team top-flight champions his first senior management job. Arteta has transformed Arsenal since he was appointed in December 2019 and it is understood his new deal is likely to reflect his achievements."
"His contract is believed to be worth about 10m a season plus a 5m bonus for reaching the Champions League but Arteta will be offered a large salary increase that some sources have predicted could come close to matching the Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone's wage. Simeone is thought to be the world's best-paid manager, earning a reported 30m (26m) a year. Pep Guardiola is paid a reported 20m a year by Manchester City."
"Arteta will become the longest-serving manager in England's top four divisions when Guardiola steps down after Sunday's final Premier League game. Arteta, the eighth manager to lead Arsenal to the title and first since Arsene Wenger in 2004, will resume talks after next Saturday's Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain. Arteta has been heavily involved in recruitment plans with the sporting director, Andrea Berta. The co-chairs, Stan and Josh Kroenke, promised in their programme for Monday's win over Burnley that there will be no standing still when the season ends."
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