Arteta pens five-year Everton deal

07 August 2010 16:00
Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta has agreed a new five-year contract at Goodison Park, the club have announced. The news will end speculation over the 28-year-old's future after a summer in which he has been linked with Arsenal and clubs in his native Spain. Arteta follows Tim Cahill, Leighton Baines, Jack Rodwell and Seamus Coleman in signing a new long-term deal this summer. Arteta told the club's website: "What this summer has made me realise is how important I am to the club and how important the club is to me. "The chairman and the manager wanted me to stay 120% and that makes me feel proud. "We are all seeing the club and the future in the same way and that is special - something that you don't always find."

Source: PA