{"id":17895,"date":"2026-11-14T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/epl-rice-confirms-new-arsenal-contract-is-close\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T22:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T22:00:59","slug":"epl-rice-confirms-new-arsenal-contract-is-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/epl-rice-confirms-new-arsenal-contract-is-close\/","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Rice confirms new Arsenal contract is close"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.918297455969\">\n<p>Declan Rice has confirmed that he is close to signing a new long-term contract with Arsenal, with the midfielder expected to extend his stay at the Emirates Stadium.\n<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old revealed that a new deal could be completed soon while speaking ahead of England\u2019s international fixture against Spain on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new contract is hopefully on the horizon soon and I\u2019m extremely lucky to be at a club like Arsenal where the manager shows me so much trust and team-mates who put so much energy into me,\u201d Rice said.\n<\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport first reported on 7 October that the England international was set to sign a new long-term deal with the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>Rice\u2019s current contract runs until 2028, but Arsenal are now expected to reward his impressive performances with improved terms.<\/p>\n<p>The former West Ham United midfielder joined Arsenal in 2023 for a reported \u00a3105 million and has established himself as a key figure under Mikel Arteta. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His new contract is expected to place him alongside Bukayo Saka as one of the club\u2019s highest-paid players.<\/p>\n<p>Rice also spoke about the importance of stability in his career, explaining how consistency has helped him maintain his high level of performance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been extremely lucky I\u2019ve managed to play at such a consistent level throughout my career. I always set myself targets, pushing for more,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder also expressed his gratitude for not having to worry about his future, allowing him to concentrate fully on football.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely lucky not to have to worry about that stuff as it makes playing football far easier,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s move to secure Rice\u2019s long-term future would represent another significant step in their efforts to keep their key players together as they continue to compete for major honours.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#40342825252429342f320030352e23282e276e232f2d\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"add9c5c8c8c9c4d9c2dfedddd8c3cec5c3ca83cec2c0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declan Rice has confirmed that he is close to signing a new long-term contract with Arsenal, with the midfielder expected to extend his stay at the Emirates Stadium. The 27-year-old&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}