Sokratis Papastathopoulos has recently been linked with a move away from Arsenal, but fresh reports suggest that the player will not be going anywhere in the summer.

According to The Telegraph, via Daily Express, the Gunners would be keen to sell him in the transfer window, but the defender does not want to leave the club.

He has no desire to leave Arsenal before the end of his contract and, if he were to leave, his wages would also be a problem for any teams interested, as he is on a reported £92,000 per week.

Sokratis only has one year remaining on his contract, so if the Gunners want to recoup some of the £14.40m that they paid for him, they would have have to sell him this summer. Therefore, the player's stance is not a very helpful one for manager Mikel Arteta, who is set to be hamstrung by limited finances this summer.

The Greece international has only made one appearance since 18 January due to a combination of injury and being unfancied by Arteta over his other options in the squad, and it seems like he could still struggle to get game-time even if he stays.

This is a very annoying stalemate for Arsenal but hopefully they are either able to offload him this summer or start to utilise him more. If he stays and remains a peripheral figure, the club will be wasting roughly £4.7m on his wages next season until his contract expires.

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