Bukayo Saka has agreed a massive five-year extension at Arsenal that will make him the club's highest earner on around £300,000 a week.

The England forward, 24, was under contract until 2027 but is now committed to his boyhood club until 2031 with a new deal which is expected to net him close to £80million in that time.

The club's previous highest earner Kai Havertz is thought to earn £280,000 a week, and Saka's new status at the top of the Gunners' wage table reflects his position as one of Europe's best players.

He is the latest Gunners star to commit his future to the club after William Saliba, Gabriel, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly also penned new deals in recent months.

An Arsenal academy graduate, Saka has been a key figure in the club's recent title challenges, netting 40 league goals since the start of the 2022 season and 54 in all competitions.

The contract is more good news for Saka, who confirmed his engagement to his long-term girlfriend Tolami Benson in November. 

The Arsenal superstar asked the love of his life to marry him on a romantic date in a fancy London hotel.

Saka and Benson, a senior planning executive, are believed to have started dating back in 2020 and largely keep their relationship under wraps.

His extension sends a clear signal to any top European clubs who might like Saka: he is here to stay in north London and believes Arsenal can compete for top honours. 

Had he reached the end of the season without renewing terms, he would have been just a year away from being able to leave the club for free.  

Saka joined Arsenal's Hale End academy aged seven, made his debut aged 17, and has gone on to make 294 first-team appearances across all competitions. 

His availability has largely been impeccable although injuries have hampered him over the last couple of seasons. 

He was out with a hamstring injury between December and March last campaign and that issue has resurfaced this campaign, though with a less severe impact.  

This season he has fired in seven goals and provided six assists to help Arsenal go top of the Premier League and the Champions League league phase. 

In October, he became the seventh-youngest star in Premier League history to reach 100 Premier League goal contributions. 

He is also joint-fifth for Premier League goal involvements in Arsenal's history alongside Theo Walcott.