Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger Tuesday insisted unsettled
striker Alexis Sanchez is going nowhere, saying he expected him honour his
contract and potentially sign an extension.
The Chilean, 28, has a year left on his Gunners deal but is
yet to sign a new contract and has been linked with a move to Bayern Munich and
Manchester City.
Reports in Britain have said he could be offloaded for up to
80 million pounds (US$103 million, 90 million euros), but Wenger suggested this
won’t happen.
“The players have contracts and we expect them to respect
their contracts. That’s what we want,” he said in Sydney about the striker.
Asked if he remained determined to keep Sanchez and not let
him go to a Premier League rival, Wenger replied: “Yes, that is a continuation
of what I said at the end of the season. That’s what we will do.
“He adds great value to the squad and I think as well he is
a great lover of the club.”
tract with us at the start of the season or during the
season.
“So it is not necessarily the last year of his contract at
Arsenal Football Club.”
Arsenal play two pre-season friendlies in Sydney this week,
against Sydney FC on Thursday and Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday.
Sanchez, who at times last season cut a disgruntled figure
as Arsenal struggled with form and uncertainty over Wenger’s future, is not on
the team’s pre-season tour to Australia as he rests after last month’s
Confederation’s Cup.
But Wenger said reports that the Chilean ace had informed
him that he wanted to leave the club were not true, replying with a curt “No”.
He added: “I think the easiest way to manage a player is in
the final year of his contract. It is in his interest to do as well as he can.
“Nobody knows today if Sanchez will be on his final year of
his contract next season, because he can extend his contract.
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