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Mikel Arteta: 'Ankle injury delayed new contract'
Mikel Arteta has said that an ankle injury he suffered last season delayed the signing of a new Arsenal contract. The Spaniard missed a large part of last season due to the injury and signed a 12-month contract extension in June. "We had a chat in the middle of the season with the manager, Ivan [Gazidis] and Dick [Law] and I knew exactly what they were thinking about me," Arteta told the club's official website. "My desire was to stay here so I was very relaxed about signing it. We left it until the end, we got it signed and I am so pleased to stay here. "I was injured for the last six months with an ankle surgery, that's why I wanted to wait, to see how I was feeling...
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