Arsene Wenger has announced Arsenal have taken up a one-year option to extend captain Per Mertesacker’s contract at the Emirates Stadium. The 32-year-old defender has yet to play for the Gunners this season after suffering a serious knee injury in a July friendly against Lens, and his deal was due to expire at the end of the campaign.
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Mark Warburton held key to Jon Toral’s Rangers loan move
After a successful stint on loan to Birmingham City last season, the 21-year-old midfielder endured an unproductive six months in his Spanish – homeland with Granada, where he made only six first-team appearances. Toral believes hooking up with Warburton for a second time in three years can allow him to salvage progress from this campaign and provide the impetus to be pushing for a place in Arsene Wenger’s – senior squad next summer.