Wilshere keen to seal new deal with Gunners

LONDON: Midfielder Jack Wilshere is eager to extend his stay at Arsenal and is hopeful of finalising a new deal in the coming weeks.

The England international, who progressed through Arsenal’s youth system and made his senior debut in 2008, has featured in 175 matches for Arsene Wenger’s side over the last nine years.

Wilshere is out of contract in June 2018 but is confident that a new deal can be agreed at Arsenal.

“I definitely want to be here,” Wilshere told Sky Sports News.

“I’m enjoying my football and I love playing in the Premier League now and I want to help Arsenal get to where they should be.

“We just have to sort things out and I’m sure that will happen in the next couple of weeks.”

Meanwhile, former Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund star Tomas Rosicky sprung a surprise by announcing that he has played his last game of professional football.

The 37-year-old played 105 times for the Czech Republic and spent a decade at the Emirates.

“I have never played either for the money or the glory – I just love football,” Rosicky told his club Sparta Prague’s website.

“But I have realised I am no longer able to fully prepare my body for what the professional football requires,” the injury prone number 10 said.