Arsenal defender Stephan Lichtsteiner wants first-team assurances before signing new contract

Arsenal defender Stephan Lichtsteiner wants first-team assurances before signing new contract
Arsenal defender Stephan Lichtsteiner wants first-team assurances before committing his future to the club.The 35-year-old joined the Gunners on a free transfer from Juventus last summer, but has started just eight Premier League games this season.1

Stephan Lichtsteiner wants to play regular football

Ainsley Maitland-Niles has been preferred to Lichtsteiner at right-wing-back in the absence of Hector Bellerin, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in January.And the Switzerland international wants to be playing regular first-team football to ensure he is named in his countrys squad if they qualify for Euro 2020.Lichtsteiner told Swiss publication Neue Zurcher Zeitung: “This will need time.The fact that I play at a top club at the age of 35 says enough. There have been talks [with Arsenal]. We have to see if it suits both sides.I want to play on a regular basis ahead of Euro 2020 but if the manager [Unai Emery] doesn’t rely on me then I’ll need to consider my future.Lichtsteiner played the full 90 minutes, alongside Arsenal team-mate Granit Xhaka, as Switzerland beat Georgia 2-0 in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier.

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