Nigerian Born Midfielder signs new contract with Arsenal to keep him at the Emirates till 2024

Nigerian-born midfielder Tim Akinola was one of many gamers retained by Arsenal for the forthcoming season however the north Londoners haven’t but disclosed the size of his new contract.

The defensive midfielder joined Arsenal from Huddersfield City on August 2020 and his contract with the Gunners was set to run out later this month

The 21-year-old is now tied to Arsenal till June 30, 2024 after the membership determined to set off a two-year extension clause in his earlier contract.

He was despatched out on mortgage to Scottish Premiership facet Dundee United for the second half of final season, a transfer that didn’t work out for each events after the participant suffered a coaching floor harm, which required surgical procedure.

Akinola was pictured at London Colney this week as Arsenal U21s started their pre-season preparations, fueling hypothesis that he was again to full health.

He’s nonetheless present process rehabilitation and Arsenal medical consultants have advisable that he ought to resume full coaching on Monday, July 18, 2022, that means he’s not anticipated to journey with the primary group for his or her tour of america.

Akinola has been allotted a provisional squad variety of 36 for the 2022-2023 season.