Arsenal are on course to complete three brilliant deals before the calendar ticks over to 2027, with Bayern Munich swatted aside in one of the trio.

Arsenal are quietly cruising towards back-to-back Premier League titles, and even a spate of injuries won’t be enough to derail the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta boasts an embarrassment of riches in his defensive and midfield ranks. Many of Arsenal’s fringe players, such as Piero Hincapie and Martin Zubimendi, to name just two, would be regular starters at every other side in the Premier League.

Arsenal are a little lighter in attack and in truth, don’t possess a world-class forward. Nevertheless, Arsenal’s rock solid defence ensures only one goal is usually required to win matches, and the options Arteta does have rarely fail to find the net over 90 minutes anyway.

Much of whether Arsenal can become a dynasty throughout the rest of this decade will hinge on keeping this squad together.

And according to the latest from our colleagues over on TEAMtalk, Arsenal are primed to complete three crucial contract extensions with massively important players.

Arsenal to complete Timber, Rice, Odegaard contract extensions

Their insider, Graeme Bailey, explained: ‘Arsenal have made significant progress in their efforts to secure new contracts for Martin Odegaard, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice, with all three agreements on course to be finalised before January, sources have confirmed to TEAMtalk.’

Progress being made on a new contract for Odegaard will be particularly pleasing for Arsenal fans right now.

The captain has looked at the peak of his powers this term, and his improved displays have attracted the attention of Bayern Munich.

A recent report from Sky Germany noted Arsenal would have begrudgingly sanctioned the sale of Odegaard to Bayern next summer if fresh terms aren’t ironed out before then.

The Norwegian’s existing deal is due to expire in 2028, and a sale in 2027 would have made sense, even if it wasn’t Arsenal’s preferred outcome.

But as TEAMtalk are reporting, Odegaard, along with Timber and Rice, are all due to sign new deals over the coming weeks, and long before the current campaign concludes.

The trio of extensions will follow Arsenal agreeing new deals for several other critical players over the past year or so.

Since the summer of 2025, Arsenal have finalised new agreements with William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Bukayo Saka, and of course, Mikel Arteta.