Wenger to sign as Gunners celebrate deal

On the day Arsenal secured a spectacular £100m (€144m) sponsorship with Chelsea’s current backers Emirates Airlines, manager Arsene Wenger revealed he expects to announce an extension of his own contract with the Gunners “within days”.

As Arsenal formally agreed to call their new £357m (€517m), 60,000-capacity at Ashburton Grove – due to open in August 2006 – the Emirates Stadium in exchange for a near £8m (€11.5m)-a-year windfall from the Dubai-based company, Wenger said: “I’ve said many times I am committed to Arsenal and now it is just a question of days when an extension of my contract will be announced.”