Ian Wright has said on the Ringer FC podcast that Arsenal should keep Mohamed Elneny at the club.
Elneny is out of contract at Arsenal at the end of the season, and no new deal is in place at the moment.
The Egypt international defensive midfielder has publicly said that he would sign a new contract with Arsenal if the North London club made him an offer.
Arsenal legend Wright has been impressed by how Elneny played for the Gunners against Chelsea and Manchester United, and wants Mikel Arteta and Edu to hand him a new deal.
Wright said about Elneny on the Ringer FC podcast, as transcribed by TheBootRoom: “We are talking about players who came on who do a job for their manager with unbelievable professionalism.
“Elneny may be leaving at the end of the season, you look at that performance and the one against Chelsea, and you can only think to yourself that if Arsenal are trying to build a team to get to the top four, you need that back-up player.
“He has to stay. For him to come in in those two games, which were arguably two of the biggest games in Arsenal’s calendar, those are massive games, and for him to come in – the last time he played was December 2nd – and play at that level, you have to say hats off to him.”
New Arsenal contract for Mohamed Elneny?
In our opinion, it is unlikely that Arsenal will hand Elneny a new contract now.
The season will finish in a matter of weeks, and the Gunners would have sorted the 29-year-old’s contract situation by now.
If they had wanted to.
Elneny may have done well over the past few days, but we cannot deny that he is essentially a squad player at the Emirates Stadium.
The Arsenal no. 25 has made three starts and six substitute appearances in the Premier League this season.
Elneny, who earns £49,000 per week as salary (SalarySport), has given two assists in those games.
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