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Mikel Arteta wants Ainsley Maitland-Niles stay at Arsenal

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has told Football.London that Ainsley Maitland-Niles has a future at the club.

A recent report in The Athletic claimed that Maitland-Niles does not think that he does not have a long-term future at the club.

It has been claimed that the 22-year-old – who can operate as a midfielder, winger, full-back or wing-back – has come to the conclusion that he has to leave the Gunners in order to play regular first-team football and is ready to do so, according to the report.

However, Arsenal boss Arteta has made it clear that he wants the youngster to stay and has raved about him.