[Mhiz Rebecca]

Alex Iwobi is reportedly set to receive his second
pay rise in under a year with Arsenal planning to
offer the Nigerian another new contract following
his rise to prominence.
The 20-year-old has cemented himself a vital
component in Arsene Wenger’s side as they chase
silverware on all fronts in what could possibly be
the Frenchman’s final season in north London with
his own contract set to elapse next summer.
Iwobi has made five appearances for the Gunners
this term and is expected to double his salary at
the Emirates having broken into the first-team
under Wenger last season.
According to the Daily Mail, the Nigeria
international is likely to be offered up to £50,000-a-
week in a standard weekly wage while it is almost
inevitable that a series of lucrative incentives will be
added for winning either the Premier League or the
Champions League.
Wenger said, “Alex has a discreet way of
assessing his place in the team. He doesn’t talk a
lot and he’s not what you’d call a flashy player.
He’s a player who connects the team, and that’s
why I think he’s integrated so quickly – because
our game is based on those combinations.
“At the start nobody talked too much about him,
because he does his job very well. But now people
realise more and more that he can play at a high
pace, that he has real quality, he works for the
team, and when it comes to distributing the ball, he
does that very intelligently.
“When the ball gets to him, you always feel the
game can become quicker now. He’s developed
that in the last 18 months. When I saw him in the
youth team, he was more of a dribbler, an
individual player.
“He’s slowly discovered from training with the first
team that he needed to find a mixture between the
individual and the collective game. That mixture is
right now.”