Gabriel Martinelli ‘agrees a new four-and-a-half-year contract at Arsenal’

Gabriel Martinelli has reportedly put pen to paper and signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal at Arsenal.

The 21-year-old star’s current contract was due to expire at the end of next season, but the Brazilian will stay at the Emirates.

The Gunners had the option to extend Martinelli’s contract by two years, but the winger’s new deal means he will stay until the summer of 2027. the athletic reports.

Gabriel Martinelli has reportedly put pen to paper and signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal at Arsenal.

Martinelli has become one of the first names on the team sheet of Mikel Arteta’s title contenders

Martinelli has been thriving for the north London club this season, becoming a regular starter and scoring seven times so far.

Sportsmail exclusively revealed on October 10 that there is talk of an improved deal for the attacker after an impressive 12 months for the Gunners we are underway, with all parties awaiting a conclusion.

Those talks have paid off with the Brazilian outfit seeing a sharp increase in his salary from his current deal of £70,000 a week.

Martinelli signed for Brazilian outfit Ituano for just £6m in 2019, but has since become one of Mikel Arteta’s key men as the Gunners battle for their first title in 19 years.

The Brazilian is said to be very happy in London and has told advisers that his priority was to stay at Arsenal despite growing interest from rival European clubs.

His reputation as one of the brightest young attackers in world soccer was strengthened when he was selected for the Brazil squad at the World Cup in November, although the five-time winners were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

In all, the winger has scored 25 goals in 110 appearances for the Gunners since moving to north London.

Arteta now expects Bukayo Saka to follow in Martinelli’s footsteps and sign a new deal with the uncontracted English winger in 2024, although the Gunners can extend it by a year.