{"id":155041,"date":"2018-07-22T15:28:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/arsenal-star-alex-iwobi-to-sign-new-contract-tying-him-down-to-emirates-stadium-club-until-2022\/"},"modified":"2018-07-22T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T15:28:38","slug":"arsenal-star-alex-iwobi-to-sign-new-contract-tying-him-down-to-emirates-stadium-club-until-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/22\/arsenal-star-alex-iwobi-to-sign-new-contract-tying-him-down-to-emirates-stadium-club-until-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal star Alex Iwobi to sign new contract tying him down to Emirates Stadium club until 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">pen to paper<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p>The Nigeria international&#8217;s current deal expires in two years&#8217; time<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"55.706865671642\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Alex Iwobi is to sign a new contract with Arsenal that will tie the Nigeria international down to the Gunners until 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/alex-iwobi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iwobi<\/a>, the attacking midfielder, has two years\u2019 left to run on his existing deal, and there have been suggestions he would be leaving the Emirates this summer following <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/377060\/arsenal-news-unai-emery-confirmed-manager-appointed-premier-league-arsene-wenger-replace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unai Emery\u2019s appointment<\/a> as the club\u2019s new manager.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a 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