Arsenal Nacho Monreal contract agreed

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31 Aug 2015, 11:06 am

EXCLUSIVE | By Editor

Nacho Monreal has committed his future to Arsenal by agreeing a new contract,

Football Insider

sources understand.

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The Spain international will be handed a pay rise as part of the new agreement. It will replace his current £60,000-a-week agreement, which began in January 2013 and runs until 2017.

Football Insider

revealed earlier this month that

Arsenal were set to offer Monreal a new contract

to ward off interest from Athletic Bilbao. The Spanish club were interested in paying around £7million to prise the 29-year-old from Emirates Stadium. But Arsene Wenger does not want to lose Monreal and sanctioned a new contract for the £8million signing from Malaga. It is understood that terms have now been agreed and the player will shortly sign an extension. Monreal has begun the new campaign as Arsenal's first-choice left-back after displacing Kieran Gibbs in the second half of last season.

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The Spaniard was a key figure in the team's renaissance which ended with an FA Cup triumph and a third-placed Premier League finish. He is regarded by the Arsenal coaching staff as a more reliable defender than Gibbs and has been given the nod over his English rival to start all four of the Gunners' Premier League matches this season.

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