Arsene Wenger says Rosicky has agreed to new one-year contract; confirmation soon to come

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said Monday that midfielder Tomas Rosicky has agreed to a new one-year contract with the club, and added that an official announcement is due to come down in short order.

"Tomas Rosicky will stay. We have an agreement with him and it will come out soon," said the bench boss, via FOX Soccer.

"I am absolutely adamant he has to stay at the club."

The Frenchman was full of praise for the 33-year-old Czech playmaker, noting how impressed he is by Rosicky's ability to create openings for both himself and his teammates.

"He is maybe one of the players who plays the game of give and move, is a great accelerator of the game," said Wenger.

"When the ball comes to him it is 'boof'. It is second gear now and that is something I admire in him.

"He makes always things happen, not with individual dribbling but with individual acceleration of his passing and of his runs."

While that may be true, another constant feature of the midfielder's game since arriving in London has been injuries. Rosicky has been hampered by a string of various ailments since joining the club in 2006 from Borussia Dortmund, including a ruptured knee tendon that forced him to miss the entirety of the 2008-09 campaign.

He made 28 Premier League appearances in 2011-12, the most in any of his eight seasons with the club to date.