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Pires pens new deal

November 2008
Image: Pires: Staying put

Robert Pires and Javi Venta have signed new deals at Villarreal.

Duo stay until 2010

Robert Pires and Javi Venta have signed new deals at Villarreal. The duo have inked new one-year contracts to keep them at Villarreal until 2010. Pires joined Villarreal in the summer of 2006 from Arsenal and, despite suffering a serious knee injury in his first season, he has established himself as a key player in the side. Venta has been at Villarreal since 1999 and, after a few loan spells away from the club, he is the established right-back in Manuel Pellegrini's side. The news is a massive boost for Villarreal ahead of next week's UEFA Champions League quarter-final with Arsenal.