ARON RAMSEY AND SANTI CAZORLA SIGN NEW CONTRACTS WITH ARSENAL

LONDON -- Midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla have signed new contracts with Arsenal.
The Premier League club did not reveal details of the deals but manager Arsene Wenger said on Tuesday that both internationals are "key players for us" and "have committed their futures to the club."
The 29-year-old Cazorla joined from Malaga in August 2012
and was voted Arsenal player of the season last term. Ramsey scored 13 goals in 27 matches this season before the Wales captain picked up a thigh injury in December.
Arsenal also announced that 17-year-old Gedion Zelalem signed his first professional contract at the London club.
The Gunners are attempting to win their first Premier League title since 2004. They are third in the standings, four points behind leader Chelsea with a match in hand.

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ARSENAL OFFER WALCOTT IMPROVED CONTRACT

Walcott set to re-sign by arsenal wiki

According to many sources, Arsenal have offered Theo Walcott a new 4 year contract with much improved terms than there £80,000 p/w offer which was made 2 weeks ago. The wage offer is set to remain at £80,000, however the club has added an improvement percentage clause.

Walcott’s new contract agreement will be subject to a certain yearly percentage increase for next 2 years. This will be determined by his performance and how his ability increases.

Fans’ opinions are divided on Theo Walcott and many have called for him to be sold, however I think that it would be a massive mistake selling him as I firmly believe that next season will be his year. Many have said he has never lived up to his potential and I agree, however he is still young and I think last season he began to show what he was capable off. Some of his performances were magnificent especially his performances against both Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and Tottenham Hotspur at The Emirates.

He may not be worth the £100,000 p/w wage he supposedly wants, but there’s no doubt that he is starting to show his worth and we certainly shouldn’t be looking to sell him.

I was very disappointed that he wasn’t offered a contract extension before the euros and I wrote an article about that a few days ago but the club must now act quickly to offer him a contract before more suitors come in to sign him. There have been reports that Arsenal will speak with Robin Van Persie, Theo Walcott and Alex Song while they are on the Asia tour as the publicity will be significantly less involved.

Chelsea, Liverpool, Juventus and Spurs (apparently) are all interested and Chelsea have even made an inquiry but Arsenal rejected their talks. Hopefully a deal for Walcott can be struck in the coming weeks, as we don’t want another player at the club with speculation driving the players down