Arsene Wenger agrees new three-year Arsenal contract...Frenchman to sign dotted line in days

Arsene Wenger will put pen to paper on his new Arsenal contract in the next few days after agreeing terms on a deal that will keep him at the club until 2017. 

Wenger ended any doubt over his future by confirming he will stay at the club beyond the summer after winning the FA Cup earlier this month. 

There had been concerns that the 64-year-old Frenchman could quit if he failed to end the Gunners' nine-year trophy drought, but Wenger revelled in the Wembley victory against Hull and pledged to stay in north London. 

Utter relief: Arsene Wenger celebrated ending his nine-year trophy drought with FA Cup glory this month

Big challenge: Wenger must now turn his FA Cup winners into Premier League champions

Arsenal have handed Wenger a £24million contract and £100m transfer kitty. Sportsmail understands Wenger will sign a deal worth in the region of £8m-per-season in wages.

And he will be given the biggest transfer budget in Arsenal history to help him win the Premier League title for the first time since 2004.

Wenger has been re-invigorated after watching his team beat Hull in the FA Cup final - the fifth time he has lifted the trophy as Arsenal boss - and will now stay at the Emirates.

Finally... Wenger gets his hands on the trophy at Wembley for the first time since 2005

Asked if the new deal would be signed, he said: ‘Yes - because I go to Brazil on June 10.’

The length of the deal is viewed as a significant statement of unwavering support from the club’s hierarchy. And they will also give Wenger the all clear to go on an unprecedented spending spree this summer to ensure the club build upon their FA Cup success.

Wenger has led Arsenal to three Premier League titles and five FA Cups since joining from Japanese club Nagoya Grampus Eight 18 years ago.

Arsenal led the Premier League for much of last season before fading to fourth, good enough to secure Champions League football for a 17th successive year. But next season the pressure will be on Wenger to mount a serious title challenge.

Former Gunners goalkeeper Bob Wilson, who served as goalkeepers' coach in the early years of Wenger's Arsenal reign, told BBC Radio 5 Live: 'This is a guy who works 24 hours a day all year around.

'He hates to lose and revolutionised the game in the country. Some say he has too much power but a guy who dedicates himself to it like he does, you cherish.

'Every club who has built a new ground in this country have all been relegated. Why? Because of the stranglehold of the debt of a new ground. Arsene and Arsenal have got through that stage by still qualifying for the Champions League.'