Arsenal will reportedly have to increase Gabriel Martinelli’s wages to £200kpw according to a piece in the Daily Mail they have splashed on their back page.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal scores their sides goal later disallowed by VAR during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal FC at Old Trafford on September 04, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 04: Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal scores their sides goal later disallowed by VAR during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal FC at Old Trafford on September 04, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Arsenal and Gabriel Martinelli have begun negotiations over a new contract for the Brazilian, with the 21-year-old stating “Of course, I want to stay.”

Currently earning around £70kpw after Arsenal renewed his contract in 2020, the Mail claim that Martinelli’s camp want £200kpw to sign a new deal, which is even crazier when you consider Martinelli was reportedly earning ‘just’ £10kpw when he first signed for the club in 2019.

MARTINELLI JACKPOT! Arsenal must treble his wages to £200,000 to seal new deal Daily Mail11 Oct 2022By SAMI MOKBEL Chief Football Reporter AFP Looking ahead: Arteta ARSENAL will have to make Gabriel Martinelli one of the club’s top earners to tie the young Brazilian down to a new contract. Sportsmail revealed last week that the Gunners had made a new long-term deal for Martinelli a priority as the 21- year- old emerges as one of the best young talents in European football. Talks have begun, but an agreement is not close. There is no panic from either side, with Martinelli — rejected by Manchester United as a teenager — settled in London and keen to stay at the Emirates. But Arsenal will need to make the Brazil international, who is part of the same management stable as Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jnr, one of their best-paid players. As it stands, Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey are Arsenal’s top earning stars, both picking up more than £200,000 a week. The club are also in talks with Bukayo Saka, with the 21-year-old England star also set to earn close to the same amount. Martinelli’s wages are currently around £70,000 a week, meaning the Gunners will need to treble his pay to reach a deal. There is no immediate rush for the Londoners because their young forward’s deal is not due to expire until 2024 and the club also hold the option for an extension. However, Arsenal recognise that they need to reward Martinelli for his superb performances this season and want a deal in place sooner rather than later. They are conscious of interest from rival clubs, with Chelsea among the teams understood to be monitoring Martinelli’s performances closely. For now, however, Martinelli is fully focused on the season with Mikel Arteta’s Premier League leaders and breaking into Tite’s squad for next month’s World Cup. Martinelli has three international caps, but competition for attacking places in the Brazil squad is fierce with the likes of Neymar, Vinicius Jnr, Richarlison, Antony and Raphinha vying for slots. However, if he continues in his current form Tite will find him difficult to ignore. Speaking after Sunday’s pulsating 3-2 win over Liverpool, in which Martinelli scored and made another, the South American insisted he wants to remain at the Emirates Stadium. ‘Of course, I want to stay. We are talking. Let’s see what is going to happen, but I want to stay, of course,’ he said. ‘I think it’s my best season here at Arsenal. I’m so happy for this moment.’
MARTINELLI JACKPOT! Arsenal must treble his wages to £200,000 to seal new deal
Daily Mail11 Oct 2022By SAMI MOKBEL Chief Football Reporter
How Martinelli became Arsenal’s diamond Settled, mature and happy young Brazilian now one of league’s finest wingers Daily Mail11 Oct 2022By DANIEL MATTHEWS ARSENAL were preparing to train in the sweaty climes of Orlando when Gabriel Martinelli had staff and players checking their watches. It was last summer’s tour and, for once, the Brazilian’s speed had deserted him. On this occasion, he was slowing everything down. While Martinelli conducted an interview, team-mates began to playfully heckle the 21-year- old, reminding him the session was starting. Perhaps they were on to something. Now Martinelli is driving Mikel Arteta’s side to new heights, perhaps this was an early sign that, without him, nothing at Arsenal quite functions properly. That was the inescapable sense on Sunday. Put simply: Arsenal’s win over Liverpool would not have been possible without the Brazilian winger. Martinelli scored one goal and created another and it was his tireless running, more than anything else, that drove the Gunners towards the Premier League summit. Eight days earlier, against Tottenham, he was again Arteta’s most dangerous player. Something changed either side of that trip Stateside. This time last year, Martinelli was a promising talent being outshone by other youngsters such as Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka. This year, he has started every game as Arsenal begin to dream of the title. On current form, he must rank among the Premier League’s finest wingers. No wonder Arsenal want to tie Martinelli down. Talks are ongoing over a lucrative new deal and on Sunday, he said: ‘Of course, I want to stay. I think it’s my best season here at Arsenal. I’m so happy.’ Yet there has been no spark of sudden change. Rather, Martinelli’s performances are the exhilarating product of more gradual progress. The second half of last season, for instance, was when Arteta’s philosophy really started to crystallise in the Brazilian’s mind. Since then, he has become a more regular fixture on Arsenal’s left wing. IT HELPS, too, that Arteta’s squad has been strengthened so much in that time. Martinelli and Bukayo Saka are benefitting from the space now created by Gabriel Jesus’ movement and intelligence. ‘he is a great guy, not just on the pitch but off it as well,’ Martinelli said. ‘he is always trying to help me and all the players. he is 25 but he has a lot of experience and everyone loves him.’ That three-way relationship will keep growing. ‘We have a lot of time to improve, I think we have great quality and we can do more,’ Martinelli added. Oleksandr Zinchenko has helped transform Arsenal, too, and already a relationship is building with Martinelli and Granit Xhaka down Arsenal’s left. One benefit of being surrounded by greater quality, according to a source, is that Martinelli is now even happier to run himself into the ground as he believes hard work will keep bringing rewards. Off the pitch, too, things are beginning to click. It is three years since the Brazilian moved to Arsenal as a teenager who could not speak English. his parents joined him in those early days and David Luiz was a crucial source of advice, too, particularly when up against each other in training. Now, a source says Martinelli has built his own ‘family’ away from home. He can count on a swelling base of Brazilians, even if Jesus is far better than him at billiards. AND since the summer, Martinelli has struck up ‘a particular bromance’ with Fabio Vieira. ‘ They are like two little schoolkids laughing together all the time,’ Sportsmail was told. Both lean on Cedric Soares, another Portuguese speaker, for support and advice. Martinelli is also close with technical director, Edu. Sometimes, however, there is no greater friend than time. Martinelli arrived aged just 18. Now 21, he is more mature and more settled. No longer, it is said, do the rest of the squad see him as one of the kids. Staff, meanwhile, are struck by the interest and support he shows them. Among a squad, where Arteta prioritises personality, he remains a ‘standout character’. ‘He has an unusual emotional maturity for his age,’ says one staff member, who claims Martinelli regularly checks on them and asks how he can help. Saka is similar and such awareness is unusual in young players. In return, Martinelli is ‘ absolutely adored’. Assistant coach Steve Round told Edu last season: ‘Honestly, I love him. He trains every day like it’s his last day on Earth. He’s a diamond.’ All Martinelli needed, Round insisted on the All or Nothing series, was time. So it has proved. And yet, before the recent derby win over Spurs, Martinelli still put faith in fortune. The winger’s lucky left boot was falling apart but, rather than throw it away, he had it glued and taped back together. By kick-off, however, the damage had become irreparable. That day, Martinelli toyed with Emerson Royal until the right wing- back saw red. Against Liverpool, he terrorised Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez to drag Arsenal top. Now the winger is making his own luck, how much higher will he — and Arsenal — have risen by their next summer trip?
How Martinelli became Arsenal’s diamond – Settled, mature and happy young Brazilian now one of league’s finest wingers
Daily Mail11 Oct 2022By DANIEL MATTHEWS

Martinelli is currently under contract until 2024 but that deal also has an option for an additional year.

Sami Mokbel writes, “There is no panic from either side, with Martinelli — rejected by Manchester United as a teenager — settled in London and keen to stay at the Emirates.

“But Arsenal will need to make the Brazil international, who is part of the same management stable as Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jnr, one of their best-paid players.

“As it stands, Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey are Arsenal’s top earning stars, both picking up more than £200,000 a week. The club are also in talks with Bukayo Saka, with the 21-year-old England star also set to earn close to the same amount.”

As you’ll notice, Martinelli’s agent is mentioned which makes me wonder how independent this piece is and how much is based on an agent playing the media to get the best deal for his client.

Anyway, Martinelli cost a bargain £6.39m in 2019 after the youngster caught Edu’s eye in the Campeonato Paulista, where he scored six goals and assisted three in 14 appearances.

That put him just one goal off the competition’s top scorer and two assists off the top assist provider, despite his age at the time.

Martinelli already has 22 goals and 15 goals for Arsenal in 95 appearances, and has spoken about how he wants to spend his career at the club.

Speaking when he renewed his contract in 2020, Martinelli said, “I have just signed a five-year contract here and I will stay five years here.

“If they renew with me again, I will stay at this club. I love, love this club. I dream of winning the league and the Champions League here.

“Arteta is the boss. I am trying to follow his path in being an idol at the club, winning trophies and being captain.”

Martinelli is not doing too badly chasing that dream already considering he was brought to the club as ‘one of the future’.