The Daily Mail are today reporting that Kieran Gibbs, whose current Arsenal contract expires in the summer of 2014 (the same time as Bacary Sagna) is on the verge of signing a new deal with the club. The piece offers absolutely no substance, with the entire total of their report reading Meanwhile, the Gunners are close to agreeing a new fiver-year contract with left-back Kieran Gibbs. That doesn't mean that there is any reason to doubt this, Arsenal will no doubt be working to offer many of the players whose deals expire in 2014 new contracts and Gibbs recent performances more than warrant a new deal.