Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky has said that a new one-year deal should be completed and signed by the end of the week according to Sky Sports.
The 33-year Gunner is out of contract this summer, but Arsene Wenger and Rosicky have come to an agreement will see Rosicky sign only a one year deal which is Arsenal policy for players over the age of 30 which if they stick by this rule points to a summer exit for Bacary Sagna.
“Arsene Wenger wants me to stay, he wants our co-operation to continue. I want to stay,” he told Czech News Agency CTK.
“Hopefully all is sorted out in the next few days. It would be great to play on at Arsenal for another few years.”
Meanwhile the Czech international goes on to say that despite the loss to Stoke Arsenal can still win the Premiership title.
“It was a huge loss of points. On the other hand, there are still ten games left,” he insisted.
“In the season in which we won the title with Dortmund, we lost to Kaiserslautern a few rounds before the end and in the dressing room we were talking ‘Well, this is over now.’. Suddenly, we won all the remaining games and had the title in our hands.”
Rosicky also talked about his future with the Czech Republic national team after having met with the team’s new coach Pavel Vrba.
“It was not easy to make the decision (to carry on), I can tell you that,” he said.
“When we were speaking to each other then, there was a lot of question marks surrounding me.
“I didn’t know if I would be staying at Arsenal and I didn’t know if my age wouldn’t be an obstacle to Mr Vrba. At the end of the qualification (EURO 2016) I will be 36 and you never know what your health will be like.
“But why should I end with something, when there is no need to? My health is good and football-wise, I think I still have goods to offer.
“These factors played in favour of me carrying on. We are now all full of expectations and hopes for the Euro 2016 qualification and want to reach the finals, understandably.”
“I don’t feel like I’m turning for the worse or that my level of performances would be dropping. There has been no decline yet.
“You can look at Ryan Giggs and Pavel Horvath, who both play at an advanced age. I would like to play this long too, but we will have to wait and see what future brings.”
