Robin van Persie will be offered a new four-year deal by Arsene Wenger to help persuade him to stay at Arsenal.
The Daily Mail is reporting that RVP’s long-term future is in doubt after he admitted he does not want to discuss a new contract until the end of the season. But the paper says Arsenal are willing to break their pay structure to ensure they do not lose another star name.
RVP’s deal expires in 2013 and Arsenal want to tie him to a new one before next summer. Van Persie earns £70,000 per week but it is claimed that he will be offered a significant pay increase to stay.
The paper uses quotes from chief executive Ivan Gazidis to back up the report, suggesting the club are willing to take a more lenient view on their pay structure. He said: “We don’t have a salary ceiling, we have a sophisticated business model that looks at what we need to do to compete today, what we need to do to compete next year and in five years. And I am comfortable we will be able to compete in whatever environment is created.”
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