Alexis Sanchez to stay at Arsenal for one more season… but will move on free to Chelsea next year if Gunners do not improve
Summer window will be crucial in making up the Chilean striker's mind on whether to give it another crack or move on a Bosman across London
Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez is to stay for one more season... but will move on free to Chelsea next year if Gunners do not improve.
The summer transfer window will be crucial in making up the Chilean striker's mind on whether to give it another crack or move on a Bosman across London.
Chilean international Sanchez is out of contract in 2018 and has stalled on a new deal alongside fellow star Mesut Ozil for months - and therefore can walk away on a free when it is up.
The Gunners have offered him around £250,000-a-week to stay, but the delay is as much to do with the club’s ambitions - or lack thereof.
But he has set a challenge for Gunners' hierarchy to keep hold of him by making significant improvements to the playing squad.
If not, he will simply run down his contract and Arsenal will lose out even more by receiving no money for him when he moves to his preferred destination Stamford Bridge.
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claim that the 28-year-old is settled in London, having lived here for nearly three years since moving from Barcelona for £32million.
He has allegedly told pals he loves the game in England, as well as the lifestyle in the buzzing capital and would prefer to stay - owning two properties in the city.
Chelsea have made no secret of being interested in the playmaker, and are ready to pounce if he wants away - but Sanchez is said to believe Arsenal will not sell to a title and city rival.
Arsenal have no made it easy for a standout player like Alexis to stay given their woeful season, out of the title race and the Champions League by March.
And Sanchez wants Arsenal to show ambition by buying other world class players and overhaul the squad to put them in contention for a first Premier League title since 2004 - seemingly irrespective of whoever is in charge, with under-fire boss Arsene Wenger himself unclear on his future.
A host of the world's top clubs are unsurprisingly after him, such as Paris Saint-Germain, moneybags Italian side Juventus - and even Manchester United.