Aaron Ramsey is a key part of Unai Emery’s plans. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Unai Emery will strive to keep Aaron Ramsey at Arsenal and plans to use a large portion of his transfer budget to improve the midfielder’s contract, according to reports. The 27-year-old’s future remains uncertain as he has just a year remaining on his current deal and has been told by the club that he could be sold this summer if he does not commit to a new contract. But according to the Daily Telegraph, Ramsey is a focal point of Emery’s plans for his new-look Arsenal team and the Spaniard is keen for the Wales international to remain with the club. The report claims that Ramsey has responded well to Emery’s views and there are indications that the midfielder is willing to extend his contract. Arsenal are operating with a restricted transfer budget and have seen wage bill increase through the arrivals of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, as well as Mesut Ozil’s new £350,000-a-week contract. Emery is keen for Ramsey to remain at Arsenal. (Getty Images) But Emery is committed to offering Ramsey a significant rise on his current deal which is just over £100,000 a week. Emery is also closing in on his first signing with the arrival of Sokratis Papastathopoulos. The Borussia Dortmund centre-back completed his medical on Monday and has signed a three-year contract, which has the option for a further season.<doc-sep>Aaron Ramsey is considering a new five-year contract offer from Arsenal as head coach Unai Emery attempts to convince the midfielder to stay. Midfielder Ramsey only has 12 months remaining on his current contract and he will be sold if he does not agree an extension. But Emery is known to be keen to keep Ramsey at the club and make him one of his key players. Arsenal are prepared to hand Ramsey a significant pay rise to his £110,000-a-week wages, but the 27-year-old may want to consider his options before signing. This is likely to be Ramsey’s last big contract and he wants to be sure that he will play a big part under Emery.<doc-sep>MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 13: Head coach Unai Emery of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club walks along Estadio Santiago Bernabeu pitch ahead their Round of 16 first leg UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid on February 13, 2018 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) Arsenal have offered Aaron Ramsey a new contract. He is a key part of Unai Emery’s new plans, per reports. The two are not a coincidence. This is Emery pulling the strings. Arsenal faced a rather daunting contractural nightmare last summer with Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and myriad of other players including Kieran Gibbs, Wojciech Szczesny and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. And, predictably, they are in the same kind of mire this summer. Admittedly, their troubles are not so concerning. Of the players who have a contract expiring within the next year, there is only one who could be deemed anywhere close to irreplaceable. But that one is the heartbeat of this current, and potentially future, team. Tieing him down is of the utmost importance. Good news, then, that Arsenal have offered a new contract to Aaron Ramsey, as first reported by The Times and then subsequently supported by this BBC Sport piece. And while it was expected that an offer would come at some point in the near future, the certainty of the reporting is a little surprising. There had been very little talk of either party coming to the negotiating table throughout last season. And then, suddenly, a fully-fledged offer is made. Odd. So, what’s changed to inspire such swift course of action? Well, I don’t actually think it’s that difficult to find out, if a little reading between the lines and speculating is done. Obviously, the key change has come with the departure of Arsene Wenger and arrival of Unai Emery in his stead. A new manager alters every decision that is made at the club, especially when the one departing is one as influential and all-powerful as Wenger. Additionally, there have been significant reports that Emery is wanting to build his Arsenal side around the inexorable talents of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ramsey. Obviously, if that is to be the case, then the latter needs to be secured to a new long-term deal. And so, putting two and two together, it is not especially difficult to see what has happened here: Emery has arrived at the club, proposed his plans for the short and long-term futures of the team, plans that have Ramsey at the heart of them, submitted his desire to have Ramsey’s future secured, and then, with their blessing, Ivan Gazidis, Raul Sanllehi, Sven Mislintat have instructed contracts expert Huss Fahmy, who was hired from Team Sky a year prior, to enact the process of an offer. The signing of Ramsey to a new deal is the first sign of Emery’s plan coming to fruition. This is the team that he wants to build and the Welshman is integral to it.<doc-sep>
Aaron Ramsey hinted he wants to stay at Arsenal (Picture: Getty) Aaron Ramsey has received a fresh contract offer from Arsenal after Unai Emery informed the club he wanted to build his side around the talented Welshman, reports say. Arsenal and Ramsey have been locked in talks for much of the season, as the midfielder’s current deal is set to expire next summer. Ramsey has so far turned down every offer from Arsenal, but on Tuesday he hinted he wants to stay at the club after the appointment of Emery. Emery succeeded Arsene Wenger and informed Arsenal he did not want to lose Ramsey. The Times claim Arsenal have reacted to Emery’s instructions and offered Ramsey a five-year deal which includes a significant wage increase. Arsenal are desperate to avoid a repeat of Mesut Ozil holding the club to ransom and Alexis Sanchez exiting to join a rival. Ramsey is the longest serving player at Arsenal (Picture: Getty) Unai Emery is the new head coach at Arsenal (Picture: Getty) Sanchez forced a move to Manchester United in January and Arsenal were powerless to stop the Chilean, who had just six months left on his deal. Arsenal then handed Ozil a massive pay rise to ensure he signed a new contract, and the German’s new wages has caused friction among the first-team stars. Ramsey earns £110,000 a week and was holding out for something closer to Ozil’s mammooth £350,000-a-week contract. The 27-year-old is now mulling over the offer and is due to return to London for further talks on Wednesday. Ramsey has been representing Wales in the United States and Arsenal are anticipating the negotiations to drag on throughout the summer.