All throughout the season, there have been several rumours of Shkodran Mustafi leaving Arsenal in order for a new challenge but nothing concrete has yet materialized.
The defender was expected to leave the club during the January transfer window with a number of big European clubs interested in signing him up but Mikel Arteta did not let him leave due to the untimely injury to Calum Chambers.
Chambers has been ruled out for the rest of the season which is why the Arsenal boss did not want Shkodran Mustafi to head out. But since the club did manage to bring in the likes of Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares last month, many reports have been claiming that Mustafi would be sold off at the end of the season.
But now the centre-back has come out to claim that there’s a big chance that he could remain at the Emirates Stadium beyond the summer transfer window.
Asked if he saw his future at Arsenal, he replied via Sky Sports: “Why not? I have always taken things day to day.
“We had a game on Thursday, we have the next important game at the weekend and as long as I am playing for a club – it doesn’t matter which one – I play now for Arsenal and played before for previous ones.
“I always gave everything until the last minute and when I decide or when the club and I decide it is going to continue I am happy to continue, if not then we have to go forward.
“It is always important to have a good relationship with the fans but for me the main thing was to be professional.
“I always gave everything until the last minute and when I decide or when the club and I decide it is going to continue I am happy to continue, if not then we have to go forward.
“You know I think in the beginning of the season, not being selected, not making the squad, it has been difficult. But I am a person who tries to see more the positive things than the negatives. I think that helped me a lot.
“Having my family around me – my kids, my wife – because life is not only football. That’s something I kept remembering to myself.
“Being in training every day, playing a lot of games, you get a lot of attention but still at the end of the day I am a father of two kids and I try to focus on this as well. I am happy how it is running now.
“I am happy for the team as well because it is doing great and we are getting rewarded for it. That’s the most important thing.”
