Arsenal will be without forward Alexis Sanchez for the opening game of the 2017-18 Premier League season against Leicester City on Friday due to an abdominal problem.
The Ligue 1 outfit recently smashed the world record to sign Neymar from Barcelona but the newspaper says they still want to land Sanchez and are prepared to break the bank to prevent him joining Man City next summer.
“Sanchez will not be available”, said the Arsenal manager.
Reports say that the Chilean has been trying to make a move to Manchester City for some time now, but that has not deterred les Parisiens from making an offer that Arsenal can not refuse. I just think we are not open – what I said to you many times – to any offers, anyway. “He had a little abdominal strain that he caught on Sunday morning in training”.
‘I can take gambles on one or two but I must focus more on players who had the right numbers of minutes in recent weeks’.
“It is a long time I didn’t speak to PSG, it is a long time since I spoke to them”, Wenger told a press conference on Wednesday.
‘We have plenty of uncertainties from players that didn’t play against Chelsea, ‘ admitted Wenger.
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Wenger also dismissed media reports linking Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with rivals Chelsea.
“I think he had in his career some bad moments because he had some small injuries”, the Frenchman added. He will not play at Stoke’.
He was by far the Gunners’ most potent weapon a year ago, with 30 goals and 19 assists to his name in all competitions, per Transfermarkt.