Exclusive: Arsenal won’t offer 31-year-old midfielder a new contract

This summer is likely to be just as important as the last for Arsenal Football Club.

At the time of writing, the North Londoners are as close as they have been in some while to winning the Premier League title.

With four games left of their 2023/24 campaign they’re ahead of Man City by a point, albeit Pep Guardiola’s side have a game in hand and are therefore the favourites to land a record-breaking fourth title in a row.

Arsenal won’t offer Mo Elneny a new deal

Whether or not the Gunners are, ultimately, triumphant, Mikel Arteta will want to strengthen the group of players that he has.

Though they’ve done exceptionally well so far this season, they’re probably still one or two players short of having the strength in depth that the club need to be able to offer a genuine challenge in all competitions.

Further, there are some players that are taking up places in the squad who should really be moved on and one of those is midfielder, Mohamed Elneny.

Indeed, according to sources close to the situation, the North Londoners are not considering offering the 31-year-old Egyptian a new contract.

According to WhoScored, he has only played for 96 minutes across six games all season, and 62 of those came in the game against PSV Eindhoven.

English coach Steven Gerrard’s team, Al-Ettifaq, have shown an interest in taking Elneny to the Saudi Pro League, and some other clubs from the region are also monitoring the current situation.

If a Pro League switch ultimately doesn’t materialise, Elneny could be an option for the Turkish Super Lig in the summer transfer window.

Both Besiktas and Galatasaray were linked with the midfielder during the winter transfer window and it must be born in mind that he played on loan at Besiktas in the 19/20 season.