Overview
- Multiple outlets report a verbal agreement or deal in principle, with image rights, bonuses and media rollout being finalised.
- Reported terms would run to June 2030 and are expected to make Saka the club’s highest-paid player.
- Arsenal are targeting a signing and announcement before the end of the year, with some reports pointing to early January.
- Sporting director Andrea Berta has told the hierarchy the deal is very close as part of a broader retention drive after renewals for William Saliba and others.
- Saka’s current contract runs to 2027, and sources including RMC Sport and Fabrizio Romano describe talks as positive with both sides aligned on staying.