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Dennis Bergkamp has warned Arsenal that he is ready to walk out at Highbury as negotiations over a new contract continue to stall.

The veteran Dutch forward is out of contract in the summer and, despite both the player and manager Arsene Wenger signaling a willingness to continue their partnership, nothing has materialised.

The frustrated 36-year-old has now indicated that Wednesday's game against Everton could well be his last at Highbury.

He told The Evening Standard: "It could be my last game at the stadium because we haven't sat down yet to talk. I am a bit upset over how it is going.

"It seems that every season it has to be like this and it is a bit frustrating. I said in November I wanted to stay and I haven't changed my mind.

"Somehow they always want to leave it until the last minute. Maybe they want to see what comes their way or what will happen if I change my mind. It is difficult for me.

"I am a professional footballer but I am also a dad to four kids. You want to know what the future will bring. That's probably one of the points the club are not good at. I want to make it clear there have been a lot of pluses in my time here and I am really happy. The only bad thing are these sorts of moments.

"I see it as fairly simple. I have said to the club, 'I can play another year. Do you want me?' It is up to them. I am not creating anything but this isn't the first time it has been like this.

"The main thing for me is that I still want it. At any other club that should be enough. 'The player wants another year? Sign him!' Somehow it is different here - and that annoys me a little bit.

"If I don't play football any more here, it is finished. It is all gone and I will retire.

"I am 36 but you can't judge anyone by years. I have felt in better shape physically this season than I did two or three years ago. I want to play as long as I feel I am good enough."

Bergkamp has been linked with a return to Holland with Ajax, and that could well materialise given his latest outburst.

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