Arsenal have tied down one of their most important players to an improved contract at the Emirates Stadium. Gabriel Magalhaes put pen to paper on a new four-year deal on Friday, keeping him in north London until 2029.
However, the Gunners have a number of key players they would like to negotiate terms over in the coming weeks and months.
Two star players see their contracts in north London expire in 2027, meaning they are entering the final two years of their current deals. Those two players are Bukayo Saka and William Saliba. Gabriel Martinelli's contract also expires in 2027, but crucially the club have the option for another year on the Brazilian.
Having tied down Gabriel, Saka and Saliba will surely be next.
Saka is an Arsenal boy through and through and while there may well be interest from other clubs in the Gunners' Starboy, it may be more difficult to prise him away from the Emirates Stadium than Saliba.
That makes it all the more important to tie the Frenchman down to new terms, particularly with Real Madrid showing heavy interest in the 24-year-old.
Saliba is reportedly paid £190,000 a week, according to figures on Spotrac, meaning the final two years of his contract are worth £19.76million to him. Those figures show he is the sixth-highest paid player at the club - before Gabriel's new figures have been learned - but he remains some way off the likes of Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice and even Gabriel Jesus on the money list.
Arsenal have reportedly put an £85million price tag on Saliba's shoulders, but that is unlikely to ward off Madrid, should they wish to sign him this summer.
With two years left on his current contract, any move from Real Madrid this summer would be something of an ultimatum to Arsenal who cannot afford to let the French defender enter the final year of his contract without any advance on a new deal.
Saliba and Gabriel have formed one of the best defensive partnerships in the Premier League and while Arsenal look for attacking reinforcements to make the next step to winning the title, they can ill afford to lose what they've worked so hard to build at the back.
The Gunners need to come to a resolution over a deal to extend Saliba's stay with the club, otherwise Madrid - and possibly others - will come calling.