Flamini signs two-year Arsenal deal

The 29-year-old will rejoin the club he left
in 2008, having been released by AC Milan
earlier this summer, after putting pen to
paper on a contract worth £50,000-a-
week



Mathieu Flamini has become an Arsenal player for the second time after signing a
two-year contract with the Gunners.
The Frenchman put pen to paper on the
deal after reaching an agreement with the
club following a final round of talks on
Wednesday. Goal understands Flamini will be paid
£50,000-a-week and that the contract
includes an option for a third year.
Arsenal will announce the deal after
receiving the final clearance from the
Premier League. Flamini will be the second signing of the
summer for Arsene Wenger — both free
transfers — and the fourth old boy the
manager has re-signed in recent years,
following Sol Campbell, Jens Lehmann and
Thierry Henry. Arsenal anticipate the deal will herald an
intensive recruitment drive in the last five
days of the window.
Wenger's top target is Angel Di Maria and
he has not given up hope of signing Wayne
Rooney, Yohan Cabaye or a new goalkeeper.
Flamini was released by AC Milan at the
end of last season and he has been
training with the Gunners for the last
three weeks while working on his fitness
and looking for a new club. Wenger decided to make the 29-year-old
an offer after being impressed by his
condition and attitude.
The France international, who quit Arsenal
for Italy in 2008, will strengthen the
central midfield and also offers the versatility of being able to fill in at full-
back.
Flamini becomes the second Frenchman to
join Arsenal this summer on a free
transfer following Yaya Sanago, who
signed after being released by Auxerre.