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How Arsene Wenger will have earned £100m at Arsenal if he continues until 2019 as long-serving Gunners boss prepares to sign new two-year deal

Arsenal are expected to formally announce that Arsene Wenger has signed a new two-year contract on Wednesday, extending his stay at the club to 2019.

Beating Chelsea to win the FA Cup final on Saturday appears to have persuaded the Arsenal board to grant Wenger his wish to continue, despite a failure to qualify for next season's Champions League.

It is expected that Wenger will earn £8million-a-season under his new terms, a considerable increase on the £500,000-a-year the Frenchman was paid when he first arrived at Highbury as a relative unknown back in 1996.

Each new deal has seen an increase in Wenger's wage and, if he sees out his contract until 2019, he'll have brought home almost £100m during his time at Arsenal.