Arsenal have risked Bukayo Saka running down his contract, with no breakthrough on extending his contract at the Emirates Stadium.

The England Under-19 international has been a regular under Mikel Arteta but is still on the terms of his first professional contract and has just one full season left before he can leave the club for training compensation.

With the 18-year-old featuring in all but one of Arteta’s matches since his appointment in December, Saka’s focus has been on playing rather than talks over a new deal.

According to sources at Arsenal, fresh terms are a long way off for a player who broke into the first-team last season, under Unai Emery, and has made 23 appearances in the current campaign.

Saka has been schooled as a winger or wide-forward but this season has been played at left-back for most of his appearances, stepping in following injuries to Kieran Tierney and Sead Kolasinac.