Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger remains hopeful that star player Alexis Sanchez will stay at the club in the summer, despite various reports coming in that the Chilean looks set to move away from the Emirates.
The 28-year-old winger, Arsenal’s top-scorer in the 2016-17 season with 29 goals across all competitions, has been linked with a move to German giants Bayern Munich, among others.
“No, no. We have nobody at the end of their contract so that will be completely our decision. Therefore, I just believe that we, the club, have a big job to do during the summer because you want to keep players like Alexis and end all the speculation that could happen,” said Wenger speaking to reporters at a press conference at Arsenal’s training ground.
The 67-year-old had an interesting response to a query as to whether the Chilean would be starting on Saturday’s FA Cup final against arch-rivals Chelsea.
“I just explained to you what a professional person is. If you have surgery tomorrow with a surgeon who is having his last day of work, you still want him to do good work with you and not expect him to do half a job only because it’s his last day. That’s what it means to be professional, to perform as long as you have a contract.”
"Alexis is not at the end of his contract. I would just like to remind you that the end of his contract is 2018. So that’s a completely different situation, added Wenger on the topic of Sanchez still having a year left on his contract.