Shkodran Mustafi Denied Claims Of Turning Down New Arsenal Contract

Shkodran Mustafi has smashed all rumours of Arsenal Football Club offering the German a contract extension.

For the past week, fans went livid when rumours emerged of Arsenal providing fresh terms to Mustafi. It was even mentioned that the centre-back had refused their offer and had expressed a desire to leave next summer.

Mustafi refuted those claims by saying that he would love to stay at North London. Right now, he still seems to be in Mikel Arteta’s plans. After all, he is the one who is getting game time over teenage prospect, William Saliba.

“When I made a decision to sign for Arsenal it is because I respect this club. It is a huge club, that’s why for me if I could stay at Arsenal, of course it would mean a lot to me,” said Mustafi.

“At the end of the day, it was important for me in the last three months to come back after the injury and to be ready to play and to help my team.

“When you hopefully get a few games, you can maybe look at the future but at the moment for me it has been difficult because in the last months, I haven’t really been thinking about the end of my contract or what’s going on with the future because all I wanted was to be back as quick as possible.

“At the moment I was just happy to come back from injury, it was three long months – I was happy just to come back and be able to play again.

“We haven’t been talking about anything so there isn’t anything I can tell you guys. Now for me it is important to just get a few games and get into the match rhythm and then see how it goes.”