Keeping Sanchez will be a huge boost for Arsenal and will also help restore Wenger’s credibility even if he and the club are prepared to write off what would be a big fee for the player.
Now Wenger has revealed the 28-year-old will miss Friday’s Premier League clash at home to Leicester as well as the trip to Stoke the following weekend.
Sanchez’s last game was the Confederations Cup final for Chile on July 2 and he was given an extended summer break.
The Gunners are looking to rebuild following a disappointing fifth-place finish in the Premier League table last season.
“Jens is probably the only person I’ve met in football who is more intense than me”, he said.
‘I have plenty of uncertainties about the players who didn’t play against Chelsea (in the Community Shield),’ said Wenger.
The report also claims that Sanchez’s agent, Fernando Felicevich, is now engaged in “intensive talks” with PSG Sporting Director Antero Henrique, with the Ligue 1 outfit ready to offer the Gunners star a 4-year-contract worth a staggering 13.5 million Euro per season. “It looks like everywhere there is many, many players and a bit of congestion at the moment everywhere”.
“All is possible you know”, he said.
A number of reports are claiming that Chelsea have launched a £25 million bid for midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
“Personally, I think he is a hugely talented player”.
The 23-year-old England global has struggled to secure a regular place since arriving at Arsenal six years ago, but Wenger believes the winger has the potential to become a great player. He’s today very conscious of his qualities as well, something he was not always.
The Gunners host the Foxes at the Emirates Stadium for their first game of the season.
Wenger said that Ospina needed more convincing to stay as there is no Champions League role to offer him this season – but that the Colombia global could still edge out Petr Cech as his No. 1.
‘Meet his needs from a trophy point of view and find some way to match his contract demands – but I don’t see that happening’.