Arsenal and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema has rejected interest from Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain to sign a new contract with the north London club.
The Women's Super League 2021-22 Golden Boot runner-up had reportedly held talks with several top European clubs with her contract due to expire this summer. However, Arsenal have announced that she has opted to stay in England.
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"I think the best thing about football is to build something with a team and people around you that you really want to belong to," Miedema said in a statement on her agent's website.
"I feel like I have that at Arsenal. I feel that winning titles with Arsenal will mean a lot more to me than winning them with any other club right now. And that, of course, is what I hope to achieve with Arsenal."
Arsenal signed Miedema in 2017 from Bayern Munich and the 25-year-old has gone on to break multiple records in the WSL. She has scored 117 goals in 144 appearances, including 23 in 39 appearances during the 2021-22 season.
She is the top scorer in the league's history and in March became the first player in WSL history to reach 100 goal involvements.
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She is also the only player ever to score against every team she has faced in the league.
Miedema won the WSL's Golden Boot in 2018-19 and 2019-20 and has been a runner-up to Chelsea's Sam Kerr in the last two seasons.
She made her senior debut for Netherlands in 2013 in a World Cup qualifier against Albania and has gone on to become the country's all-time top scorer.
"Viv is a stellar talent and a hugely important player for this team, so it's fantastic news that she is staying with us," Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall said in a statement.
"As a club, our ambition is to win titles and compete at the highest level -- we know Viv's own ambitions are the same, and together we will give everything to achieve that."