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Mikel Arteta has signed a new one-year contract extension to stay at Arsenal until 2016.

The Gunners will announce the deal during the international break which starts next Monday.

It is another major boost for the club as they look to tie down their big guns to long term deals.

Midfielder Arteta, 32, whose current deal expires this season, has been a huge success at the Emirates since a £10million move from Everton in 2011 and was rewarded with the captaincy this summer.

It comes on top of Olivier Giroud, 28, being given a new contract extension until 2018 - as exclusively revealed by Mirror Sport on Monday.

Arsenal boss Wenger confirmed Giroud is set to sign, which follows Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla and Tomas Rosicky all being given new deals towards the end of last season.

When asked about the striker’s contract, Wenger said: “It is done. It will be done. We will announce it when it is completely finished.

“We want stability and we want to keep the core of our team together because I am a great believer in that.

“We have a young bunch of players now, and the core of our team is now basically young English talents, and I believe as well that Giroud is an important player here.”

Arsenal’s next target will be Theo Walcott, who is set to return to full training next week after being out since January with a major knee injury.

The England forward's contract expires in 2016 but the Gunners are confident he will also commit himself to a new deal.

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