Jack Wilshere has agreed in principle the terms of a new £31.5million Arsenal contract.The injury-plagued midfielder has indicated to the club he will commit to a deal that will lift his salary to £110,000-a-week and run until 2021.
Wilshere’s current £90,000-a-week agreement has two-and-a-half years left but the Londoners do not want to risk a situation where he could be antagonised into pushing for a transfer.
Talks have been taking place since last summer about an extension and all parties are now confident that an agreement is in place.
It comes after Arsenal announced that left-back Nacho Monreal has agreed a new three-and-a-half-year £80,000-a-week contract.
Manager Arsene Wenger retains full faith in Wilshere despite some off-field controversies and the series of serious injuries that have stalled his progress since his breakthrough 2010-11 campaign.
The Gunners talisman is closing in on a return from the fractured left fibula that has kept him out for the entire season, with Wenger hopeful he can play again before the end of February.
