Arsenal to reward Mikel Arteta with huge pay rise and put Kroupi among transfer targets

New forward is a priority and Alvarez also on list Funds in place to make one marquee signing Arsenal will reward Mikel Arteta for ending Arsenal’s 22-year wait to be champions by offering him a lucrative new contract that will cement the Spaniard’s status as one of the best-paid managers in the world. The club are also well advanced with plans to strengthen his squad. Talks over extending Arteta’s deal beyond next summer were put on hold while Arsenal battled it out with Manchester City in...

By Ed Aarons