Fran Merida considering new TWO-YEAR Arsenal contract
Merida may stay after all
The uproar over Fran Merida’s contract looks set to continue today, as his agent Joseba Diaz has now revealed that he is on his way to London to discuss a new contract with Arsenal.
Yesterday Diaz seemed to indicate that Merida was definitely going to move to Atletico Madrid when he said: “We only have an offer from Arsenal but Fran Merida has an illness, for want of a better word, and that is Atletico Madrid and you can’t do anything about that,”
But maybe Merida has had a word with him, and told him to stop making announcements on his behalf, because today’s word from Diaz said simply: “I am coming to London to discuss a new two-year deal with Arsenal with whom we have a very warm relationship.”
The only problem with that statement is that Merida has refused to sign a FIVE-YEAR contract, and if Arsenal agree a TWO-YEAR contract, as Diaz suggests, then Arsenal will probably still have to sell him after one more season.
I could see this as being a reasonable compromise, or Arsenal will risk losing him on a free transfer this summer. As he is only a teenager, he has many years left to move to Spain, and he would benefit much more by staying under Arsene Wenger’s tutelage for another 18 months, and then consider his future.
There is hope that he will stay after all!
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Merida should stay if he wants to be a player.If he think otherwise let him ask FALLAMIN.
MPHAPA is right, look at hleb flamini and reyes, i guarentee they all regret leaving
Merida, just remember…not everyone who leaves the Arsenal get an automatic first team position…Hleb is regreting. You are almost there…sign a 5 year deal that will ensure you can dominate….the midfield and the league(with Arsenal)