GABRIEL MARTINELLI has signed a new double-your-money Arsenal contract until 2027.
The Brazil winger’s weekly pay will reportedly soar from £70,000 to £180k.
Boss Mikel Arteta is confident fellow young Gunns William Saliba and Bukayo Saka will eventually follow suit.
Martinelli’s contract is thought to include the option of a further 12 months on top of the four-and-a-half-year arrangement.
Chelsea and Barcelona are amongst the main admirers of the six-cap star, 21.
But Martinelli has been a mainstay in Arsenal’s rise to the top of the Premier League and always insisted he was happy to remain with Arteta’s exciting squad.
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Now the Spanish manager is stepping up efforts to secure Saliba and Saka, who are also both 21, for the long term.
They are under contract until 2024, with an option for an extra year.
Arteta is calm about the situation and believes it is only a matter of time before the starlets pen extensions.
But he wants hefty wage hikes for both of them.
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Saka and Martinelli are expected to start at Everton in the Prem on Saturday.
But ex-Brighton wideman Leandro Trossard is also pressing for a full game following his move last week.
Eddie Nketiah seems sure to be the main striker inbetween – as Gabriel Jesus won’t be fit until March.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
