{"id":16179,"date":"2022-04-24T21:03:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T01:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/24\/mohamed-elneny-sends-public-contract-message-to-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2022-04-24T21:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T01:03:56","slug":"mohamed-elneny-sends-public-contract-message-to-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/24\/mohamed-elneny-sends-public-contract-message-to-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Elneny sends public contract message to Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has, this weekend, sent a clear-as-day message to the powers that be on the red half of north London.<\/p>\n<p>The future of Egyptian international Elneny has of course flown somewhat under the radar of late. This comes despite the 29-year-old being primed to join the likes of Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah in departing Arsenal as a free agent upon the expiration of his contract in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, though, if Elneny has his own way, then he will in fact not be calling time on his stint in Arsenal colours any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the midfielder, hotly tipped for a move to Turkey during the January transfer window, having confirmed that he remains hopeful of extending his stay with Mikel Arteta\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalist Mark Mann-Bryans on the back of the Gunners\u2019 meeting with Manchester United, Elneny revealed that, should those in a position of power at the club reach out regarding a contract extension, he would show no hesitation in committing to as much:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElNennY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElNennY<\/a> after the game on Saturday, he says he would sign a new deal at Arsenal even with no guarantees of first-team football:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Arsenal say \u2018we want you\u2019 I don\u2019t think about leaving. It\u2019s my family for six years. I love this club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Mann-Bryans (@MarkyMBryans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkyMBryans\/status\/1518341259307339776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Red Devils downed<\/h2>\n<p>The latest word on Elneny\u2019s future of course comes fresh on the back of the former Basel star playing a key role for Arsenal once more on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Amid Thomas Partey\u2019s ongoing absence, for the 2nd time in the space of a week, Elneny was thrown in at the deep end, handed a starting berth alongside Granit Xhaka in the middle of the park for the club\u2019s crunch Premier League showdown with Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>And, yet again, the experienced Egyptian went on to impress, keeping things ticking over in typically neat fashion en route to an eventual 3-1 triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Elneny even bagged the assist for midfield partner Xhaka\u2019s result-clinching 3rd, guiding Arsenal back clear of north London rivals Tottenham amid the tense ongoing battle for the Premier League\u2019s final top-four berth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WHAT A HIT FROM GRANIT XHAKA ?<\/p>\n<p>A moment of quality when Arsenal were looking weary\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Big, big moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjubZ1P0Sw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AjubZ1P0Sw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportfootball\/status\/1517851626068971521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/after-arsenals-hector-bellerin-clinches-copa-glory-matteo-guendouzi-sets-european-benchmark\/\">After Arsenal\u2019s Hector Bellerin clinches Copa glory, Matteo Guendouzi sets European benchmark<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/accept-being-on-the-bench-former-arsenal-defender-sends-warning-to-william-saliba\/\">\u2018Accept being on the bench\u2019 \u2013 Former Arsenal defender sends warning to William Saliba<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has, this weekend, sent a clear-as-day message to the powers that be on the red half of north London. The future of Egyptian international Elneny has of course flown somewhat under the radar of late. This comes despite the 29-year-old being primed to join the likes of Alexandre Lacazette and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-16179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}