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    Mikel Arteta confident of David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Dani Ceballos, Cedric stays

    David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Dani Ceballos and Cedric Soares have up until midnight on Tuesday to extend their existing offers up until completion of the season.

    Mikel Arteta stays confident Arsenal can finish offers to keep David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Dani Ceballos and Cedric Soares at the club.

    Premier League clubs need to arrange arrangements prior to midnight on Tuesday with players whose agreements end on June 30.

    The PA news firm comprehends an offer has actually been struck with Luiz, who is currently serving a 2-match restriction following his sending at Manchester City recently.

    David Luiz was sent having actually begun as a replacement at Man City (Peter Powell/NMC Swimming Pool)

    The situation ends up being less clear where the other players are worried, with the trio all on loan at the Emirates Arena.

    Dani Ceballos is on a short-lived switch from Real Madrid with Pablo Mari, currently sidelined for as much as 3 months with an ankle injury, on loan from Flamengo.

    Cedric joined from Southampton in January and is yet to play a game for Arsenal due to a number of injury issues– however Arteta thinks all 4 will stay at the club.

    “I’m confident that we can do it. I hope so,” he stated of finishing offers for the quartet.

    ” It’s very made complex with the timing of it and some of the legal problems that are included with that.

    “The club is trying to finalise everything in the next few hours and we have no choice, we have to do it and even more with all the injuries we’ve had. We are trying to resolve this.”

    Pablo Mari, who was hurt against Manchester City, is anticipated to sign completely at Arsenal (Peter Powell/NMC Pool/PA)

    Pressed particularly on Mari, who Arsenal can sign completely for a fee thought to be ₤ 8million, Arteta added: “We have actually been attempting to get the offer done due to the fact that we mored than happy with what Pablo can give us and the club were attempting to settle the offer.

    “I think the club will announce that as quick as possible when everything is sorted. There were some legal issues that needed to get done, but our intention is to keep him.”

    Mari is not likely to play once again this season after the club revealed he might be out for 3 months having actually been required off against City.

    Thank you for your assistance and recovering wants. I’m going to strive to come back on the pitch as soon as possible #COYG pic.twitter.com/fwGFM8mo4W

    — Bernd Leno (@Bernd_Leno) June 23, 2020

    Bernd Leno was then removed on a stretcher at the loss to Brighton 3 days later on however, having at first feared the worst, the Germany international might be out for as much as 6 weeks.

    “Well we thought it was going to be a more significant injury,” Arteta stated. “We do not understand the level of the injury still however a minimum of we understand the cruciate ligaments are not harmed.

    “That was the biggest fear at the start. He was more positive and in less pain today so that’s good news.”

    Gabriel Martinelli is the most recent Arsenal player to suffer a severe knee injury (Adam Davy/PA)

    It was not all excellent news, nevertheless, as Gabriel Martinelli suffered a knee injury in training on Monday and likewise deals with a spell on the sidelines.

    “We had some really bad news again yesterday,” addedArteta “In training in the last action he got struck by another player.

    “He’s damaged his knee, the doctors are assessing the extent of the injury but it’s not looking good at all. We don’t know (how long he will be out) but he’s looking at months.”

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