The 26-year-old was set to enter the last year of his current deal but after talks between the player and his representatives, negotiations ended successfully. The 26-year-old England international was set to enter the last year of his current deal.
But after a summer of talks between the player and his representatives, negotiations ended successfully.
The deal will keep Walcott at the Emirates until 2019 and put his salary in the £100,000 a week bracket and make him one of the club’s highest earners.
Arsenal will officially confirm the new contract in the next two weeks – certainly before the start of the Premier League season when they play West Ham at home.
Walcott has proved that he has fully recovered from the serious knee injury that kept him out for a year after he was hurt playing against Tottenham in the FA Cup in January 2014.
The injury also kept him out of the World Cup in Brazil. He returned this January and showed he had lost none of his pace or goalscoring touch.
Manager Arsene Wenger wanted to avoid a repeat of the scenario when Walcott’s contract was last running down.
It was well into the final six months before agreement was reached and Arsenal had a genuine fear they could lose Walcott on a free transfer.
But that fear has now been quashed and Walcott will stay for another four years.
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