Wilshere set to sign new deal with Arsenal

Wilshere set to sign new deal with Arsenal

Published Dec. 16, 2012 9:45 a.m. ET

England midfielder Jack Wilshere is set to sign a new deal with Arsenal, tying himself to a Premier League club that has lost a host of key players in recent years.

Wilshere says ''I am talking to the club and I probably will be committing my future to the club in the next couple of weeks.''

Arsenal has lost Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy and Alex Song - among others - over the past two summers, while Theo Walcott could leave in June after failing to agree a new contract with the club.

Arsene Wenger's team began this weekend in seventh place in the Premier League after a lackluster start to the season.

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However, Wilshere says ''we can get back to being the force we were.''

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