Mikel Arteta remains confident that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will sign a new deal after playing a starring role in Arsenal's Community Shield victory over Liverpool.
August started with the Gunners beating Chelsea to win a record 14th FA Cup and ended with a penalty shoot-out victory against Jurgen Klopp's Premier League champions.
Aubameyang ended a fine team move with a superb curling strike to open the scoring at an empty Wembley, before Liverpool substitute Takumi Minamino levelled in the second half.
The match finished 1-1 and the north Londoners capitalised on Rhian Brewster's missed penalty, with Aubameyang sealing a 5-4 spot-kick win.
Aubameyang's key role in the Shield victory followed his star turn in the FA Cup final victory against Chelsea on August 1, where he scored two goals in the 2-1 comeback win.
Just like that Wembley triumph, the post-match was dominated by questions about the skipper's future as well as his performance.
Aubameyang was coy about negotiations - "We are going to see...today we will just take the trophy and that is it," he told BT Sport - but Arteta is confident an agreement is close.
"I keep saying the same thing," the Arsenal boss said.
"I try do my job, which is convince him that he is in the right place, that he has the environment here to produce the moments like he's done today and he's done here three weeks ago.
"I am very positive that he's going to sign but a lot of time there's a lot of things involved in a contract deal and we are trying to show him.
"I think the move from the team (for his goal) was really, really good and he put the ball, all the time, where it belongs, which is the back of the net.
"As well the way he took the last penalty. He wanted to take the last one and he took it really well - and another trophy for Arsenal.
"I'm delighted with his performance with and without the ball as well."
