Arsenal contract rebel Alexis Sanchez could be sold for £50million this summer if he fails to agree new deal to stay at The Emirates
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has shelved contract talks with Sanchez and Mesut Ozil until the end of the season
ARSENAL want £50million for Alexis Sanchez if he fails to agree a new deal this summer.
Arsene Wenger has shelved contract talks with Sanchez and Mesut Ozil until the end of the season because he fears the Gunners' season could spiral into further disarray if negotiations drag on.
Sanchez's representatives want to double his £130,000-a-week pay packet to bring his wages in line with the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Sergio Aguero.
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Sanchez and Ozil have under 15 months left on their current deals and the Gunners are prepared to risk allowing £75million of investment leave for nothing.
A bullish Wenger has previously claimed he would rather let Sanchez and Ozil walk away for free next year than flog them this summer.
But report the Gunners DO have a price in mind for the Chilean forward if they can't persuade him to pen a fresh deal - and it is £17m more than the £33m the Gunners stumped up to Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid have shown an interest and could be flush with cash if Chelsea and Manchester United target Antoine Griezmann leaves for a fee in excess of £80m.
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Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Juventus are also keeping tabs on the situation.
Sanchez's frustrations have come to the boil in recent weeks and a training ground row led to him being dropped to the bench for the 3-1 defeat to Liverpool at the start of March.
But he showed his strops are not just restricted to Arsenal, having thrown his toys out of the pram following Chile's World Cup qualifying defeat to Argentina.
Speaking about Sanchez and Ozil's contract situation last week, Wenger said: "At the moment we have not got an agreement.
"We have decided to focus on the end of the season and talk about it in the summer.
"It is the same situation with Ozil because once you don’t find an agreement and it (the negotiation) lasts, it is not good so it is better you get it out and sit down in the summer."