Arteta on the futures of Jorginho, Raya and Jesus

Arteta on the futures of Jorginho, Raya and Jesus

Mikel Arteta was asked about various players at his pre-game press conference this afternoon.
First Jorginho, after reports in midweek suggested he’d been offered a new deal by the club, which the Italian international is expected to sign.

Arteta on Jorginho
“I would love to keep him. He knows that. The club is fully supportive of that. He makes us better so we want him to stay.”

Then, with David Raya having the opportunity to win the Golden Glove if he keeps a clean sheet tomorrow, there was a question on whether the loan deal from Brentford would be made permanent in the summer.

Arteta on Raya
“Those conversations are for after the season, we will review where we are. Obviously we are really happy with David and everything that he has brought to the club, to the team, there’s no question about it, but all those decisions are to be made between all of us at the club and we will see.”

Arteta on Jesus
After that, Arteta was quizzed about a midweek story about Arsenal being prepared to let Gabriel Jesus leave in the summer, if the right offer came in.”

“I don’t know where that’s coming from. No.”

Arteta on Declan Rice’s increased goalscoring this season
“I think there is much more there. We have to put him in more situations for him to explore the talent that he has. He needs to recognise certain situations earlier, he needs to build that relationship and chemistry within the unit that he’s playing with, something that is still quite raw, and especially with the amount of change that we made in that left side this season.

“So all this is going to contribute for his development and hopefully we can see much more.”

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