Super Eagles forward
Alex Iwobi has signed a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal, the
Gunners announced Friday
Head coach Unai Emery
hinted last month Iwobi was close to agreeing new terms and the Nigeria
international has now put pen to paper.
Iwobi's new contract is
reported to be a five-year deal that will commit the 22-year-old to the club
through to 2023.
"I'm very pleased
Alex has signed a new contract with us," said Emery.
"He is a great
example of a player who can succeed from the academy through hard work and I
look forward to working with him and our other talented young players in the
squad."
Iwobi who put up a good
show at the World Cup in Russia despite the Eagles inability to go beyond the
first round, expressed satisfaction with his new deal adding that it is yet an
opportunity to do more for a club that has always been after his heart from
childhood.
"It's always been
my childhood dream to represent Arsenal," Iwobi told Arsenal's official
website.
"To get an extended
contract is an amazing feeling and I hope I'm doing the Arsenal family proud,
as well as my family.
"The first kit that
I had was Arsenal and long may I continue to represent them.
"I always realise
that I have to be representing the team and giving 100 per cent at all times.
It’s not just myself or my family I'm representing, I also represent the people
and the younger generation as well."
Iwobi who had an excellent bond with
former Gunners coach Arsene Wenger has already made his way into good books of
the new coach Unai Emery, an indication that the Nigerian international will
equally have an impressive atmosphere to showcase his talent .
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