Arsenal will offer Petr Cech £100,000-a-week record contract

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Arsenal are willing to offer Petr Cech a pay rise from his salary at Chelsea and make him the highest paid goalkeeper in the club’s history on around £100,000-a-week.

Despite Jose Mourinho’s reluctance to sell Cech to Arsenal, a proposed deal is moving closer and it is understood that Arsene Wenger is happy for Cech to join Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez among the select group of Arsenal players on more than £100,000-a-week.

Cech’s current Chelsea contract is worth around £90,000-a-week but, with Mourinho having made Thibaut Courtois his first choice goalkeeper, he now wants to leave for regular football.

Paris St Germain are also keen and could potentially have stretched their offer to more than £150,000-a-week but the London location coupled with Cech’s desire to remain in the Premier League have made Arsenal clear favourites.

Cech would be among Arsenal’s highest earners, with Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott both also on around £100,000-a-week after agreeing respective new deals in 2014 and 2013.

Walcott’s contract is currently the subject of negotiations but an extension on improved terms is now likely after his strong finish to the season.

A final fee must still be agreed between Chelsea and Arsenal for Cech, with Mourinho having previously hinted that he would be interested in taking a player in return.

Mourinho has also said that he would prefer to make Cech stay at Chelsea rather than sell him to an English rival.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, however, has always indicated that he would let Cech have a big say on his future out of respect for his status as one of the club’s greatest ever players. Arsenal would also oppose any deal that included any of their best players.

Cech has only one year left on his contract and so would be valued at around £10 million but, at 33, believes that he can potentially keep playing at the highest level for at least another five years.

Wojciech Szczesny is aware of Arsenal’s attempt to sign Cech but is willing to stay, learn and fight for his place. It means that Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina would be most likely to leave.

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Chelsea goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon could also follow Cech to Arsenal.

How Arsenal's season unfolded

Sanchez signs

July 10, 2014

Arsenal fought off interest from Liverpool and Juventus to net Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez in a deal anticipated to be in the region of £35million. The 25-year-old joins up with his new team after scoring two goals for Chile at the World Cup.

Community Shield 'glory'...

August 10, 2014

After waiting around nine years for a trophy, two come along at once. Arsenal impress in a comfortable 3-0 victory against league champions City, with Cazorla, Ramsey and Giroud all finding the net.

Welbeck signs on

September 2, 2014

Wenger pounces when Van Gaal tells the press that Welbeck is “not good enough” for a place in his starting XI, signing the former United trainee for £16million. In doing so they see off competition from numerous Premier League clubs, including north London rivals Tottenham.

Late agony against City

September 13, 2014

Arsenal are unable to repeat their Community Shield success when a late Martin Demichelis header earns Manchester City a point in the fourth game of the season.

Out of the Capital One Cup

September 23, 2014

Southampton emerge victorious in a pulsating Capital One Cup tie in which Arsenal had led, thanks to a superb Alexis Sanchez free-kick. It was Southampton’s first win against Arsenal since 2002.

Derby blushes spared

September 27, 2014

Arsenal dominate the first North London derby of the season against Tottenham, but struggle to break down their rivals. It looks as though Nacer Chadli’s second-half goal will rob Arsenal, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain equalises with 15 minutes left.

Wenger loses the plot with Mourinho

October 5, 2014

Chelsea are the first team to beat Arsenal in the league, with a comfortable 2-0 victory that strengthened their position at the top whilst consigning Arsenal to eighth position. On the touchline, a furious Wenger squares up to Mourinho, a man he has failed to beat in the last 12 games between them.

Champions League hopes take a dent

November 4, 2014

Arsenal virtually secure qualification from Group D of the Champion’s League, but blow any chance of rivaling Borussia Dortmund for top spot when they allow Anderlecht to snatch a remarkable draw. Arsenal surrender a 3-0 lead with only half an hour of the game to go.

Home record demolished by United

November 22, 2014

Arsenal lose a match at the Emirates for the first time this season, in a game that also marked Louis van Gaal’s first victory for Manchester United on the road. After 12 games, Arsenal are in a disappointing eighth place.

Marching on in Europe

November 26, 2014

Arsenal put in a fine performance as they defeat Group D leaders Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home. Sanchez nets his third goal of the competition, after the much maligned Yaya Sanogo opens the scoring.

Meltdown in Southampton

January 1, 2015

Arsenal lose to Southampton for the second time in a year, this time falling to a 2-0 league defeat at St Mary’s. An irate Arsenal fan, part of a growing contingent calling for Wenger’s dismissal, runs over to the dug-out to angrily remonstrate with the manager; in the aftermath, Wojciech Szczesny sparks up a cigarette in the showers and is disciplined by the club, losing his first-team place.

Nervy day in Brighton

January 25, 2015

Arsenal are 2-0 up within the space of 25 minutes, and it looks as though their progression into the fifth round of the FA Cup is a mere formality. But Brighton give them a fright, twice scoring and forcing the cup holders to cling on for victory.

Paulista signs on

January 28, 2015

In a deal which sees the highly-rated Joel Campbell move the other way on loan, Arsenal sign 24-year-old Brazilian defender Gabriel Paulista from Villarreal. The defender sustains a hamstring injury just four games into his time at Arsenal.

Villa hit for five

February 1, 2015

Arsenal begin their climb up the table with a fine 5-0 victory at home to struggling Villa. The victory moves them above Tottenham, with four of the goals coming in a domineering second half performance.

Derby despair

February 7, 2015

A Mesut Ozil goal to the good with nearly an hour on the clock, Arsenal look in control of this fixture. Step forward Harry Kane. The young Spurs striker finds an equaliser before heading a winner late on, with Arsenal dropping out of the European places.

Self-destruction against Monaco

February 25, 2015

Arsenal’s lowest point of the season. The Emirates is reduced to stunned silence when Yannick Ferreira Carrasco scores a third Monaco goal moments after Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled one back for Arsenal, to leave Wenger’s team facing an uphill struggle to qualify.

Welbeck haunts United

March 9, 2015

Who else? Danny Welbeck hits the Arsenal winner against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter-final of the FA Cup to lift some of the gloom caused by that Monaco result.

Too little too late in France

March 17, 2015

Monaco attempt to shut up shop for 90 minutes against Arsenal in the Champions League last 16 decider and, although they don’t exactly succeed, they go through anyway. Arsenal can only win by two, meaning that Monaco’s three away goals in in the first leg takes them through.

Liverpool humiliated

April 4, 2015

Arsenal’s league form throughout February, March and April is nothing short of sensational. They lose only once, with the highlight of this spell arguably their crushing 4-1 victory against Liverpool, which includes a sublime free-kick by Mesut Ozil. Their run of seven wins in seven games, following the loss to Tottenham, lifts them to second.

Eight wins in eight

April 11, 2015

Arsenal extend their winning run to an impressive eight matches. An early Aaron Ramsey goal sees off a Burnley side battling valiantly for Premier League survival.

Cup nail-biter

April 18, 2015

Arsenal see off a spirited Reading side to progress to their second FA Cup final in as many years. Sanchez wins the game when his fizzing shot squirms agonisingly under the hapless body of Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici.

'Boring' Mourinho wins war of words

Chelsea effectively win the title at the Emirates as they stifle Arsenal in the pursuit of a 0-0 draw. Wenger - and the Emirates crowd - accuse Mourinho of setting up Chelsea to play boring football. “You know, boring I think is 10 years without a title. That's very boring,” Mourinho replies.

Cup glory

May 30, 2015

Arsenal end their season a high with a 4-0 thrashing of Aston Villa in the FA Cup final at Wembley: Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud all score in the biggest Cup final victory since Manchester United's victory over Chelsea in 1994. It is Arsenal's 12th Cup win - a record - and Arsene Wenger's sixth, making him the joint most successful manager in the competition's history.

Source : telegraph[dot]co[dot]uk

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