Wenger close to signing new deal

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood hopes manager Arsene Wenger will sign a new deal within "the next week or so".

Wenger, 57, is out of contract at the end of the season and reports suggested he was hesitant over a new deal after the exit of vice-chairman David Dein.

"Hopefully we'll have something to say in the next week or so. There are just little pieces here and there to sort out," Hill-Wood told the Daily Star.

"We hope the contract will be a two or three-year deal."

Wenger hinted earlier this month that his protracted negotiations would soon reach a "positive outcome".

Speculation has been rife that the Frenchman would quit after more than 11 years with the club.

But Wenger said earlier this month: "We're talking and usually when we talk, there's always a positive outcome.

"I'm highly committed to the club, I have shown that many, many times in my life and I don't think anybody can question that."

Source: BBC Sport