Wenger ‘will resist advances by Real’

ARSENAL chairman Peter Hill-Wood is convinced manager Arsene Wenger will sign a new contract and resist any advances from Real Madrid.

The Spanish giants are searching for a new boss following the resignation this week of Jose Camacho, and Wenger is being linked to the job.

The Frenchman’s contract runs out in 13 months, but negotiations are said to be at an advanced stage to secure him until 2008 and the Gunners hope he will sign the three-year extension next month. Hill-Wood insisted: “I am absolutely certain that Arsene will stay at Arsenal. I cannot believe he would go there. We are having talks about a new contract and they are progressing well. Our negotiations with him are always very gentlemanly and there is no confrontation at all. As far as we are concerned, he can stay here as long as he wants to do the job.