Arsenal's young English stars such as Jack Wilshere to be offered incentive-driven deals

Arsenal have begun negotiations to get their core of young English ­players committed to new long-term contracts, but the deals will involve reduced payments if the club fail to qualify for the Champions League. In demand: Jack Wilshere is one of the rising stars Arsenal are keen to sign long term Photo: EPA By Jeremy Wilson 11:00PM GMT 29 Nov 2012 Comments Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs, Carl Jenkinson and Jack Wilshere have or will soon be offered long-term deals in an attempt to avoid the difficulties of recent ­seasons when prominent players have been able to run their contracts down. The new contracts, however, will be incentive-driven in a way that will also help to...