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Arsenal have announced that Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla have signed new contracts. The club did not give any details of the deals but Walcott, 26, said on his official Twitter account that he had committed for four years. The England international had one year to run on his previous deal and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger suggested in May that he was willing to use the player as a central striker if he committed his future. Cazorla, 30, also had one year left on his contract and had been linked with a move to Atletico Madrid earlier in the summer. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger told the club's official website: "We're delighted to have extended the contracts of Santi and Theo. Both are top quality players who are hugely important and influential to our squad. "As well as their huge contributions on the pitch, they both have a great deal of experience and are very popular off the pitch. We're very pleased with them both signing contract extensions, as it provides our squad with further stability of quality." Walcott is Arsenal's longest-serving current player, having joined from Southampton in 2006, while Cazorla moved to the Emirates Stadium from Malaga in 2012.
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