Mikel Arteta remains confident Folarin Balogun will sign a new deal

Goals from Eddie Nketiah, Mohamed Elneny, Joe Willock and Folarin Balogun saw Arsenal showed a 4-2 dominance over Dundalk in their final group game of the Europa League.

Arsenal finished the group with a 100 per cent record as they qualified for the round of 32. 

After the game, Mikel Arteta also reiterated Balogun’s desire to stay at Emirates Stadium.

The 19-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and had looked set to leave last summer after talks over a new deal broke down.

However, negotiations have now resumed and Arteta says the teenager wants to remain in north London.

"We’re having some discussions with the player, he knows we want to retain him at the club," said the Spaniard. "We know that the length of his contract at the moment is an issue, but we’re trying to resolve it in the best possible way.

"We want him to stay he said to me he wants to stay at the club, so hopefully we can reach an agreement and extend his contract."