Alexis Sanchez made his first appearance of the season against Liverpool or Sunday (Picture: Getty)

Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi claims Alexis Sanchez remains happy at Arsenal amid intense speculation he is set to complete a deadline day move to Manchester City.

Arsenal have maintained all summer long that the former Barcelona star is not for sale, despite his contract having less than 12 months to run and have already rejected a bid of £50million from City.

Pep Guardiola’s side are reported to be ready to test Arsenal’s resolve one last time with an offer closer to the £70m mark before the transfer window closes, shortly before Sanchez is due to be in World Cup qualifying action against Paraguay.

‘He is very, very good. He is happy,’ said Pizzi of Sanchez, who made his first appearance of the season against Liverpool in Sunday’s 4-0 drubbing.

‘Until the deadline for transfers is closed, it’s difficult to elucidate Alexis’ future. But one way or another, his future will be great.

Manchester City are set to make one last push for Alexis Sanchez on deadline day (Picture: Getty)
Julian Draxler of PSG is a candidate to replace Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal

‘In any of the possible options that are being handled, his future is very good. Then there is no reason for him to be dissatisfied or annoyed.

‘Any of the options he has are very good or excellent. We are talking about a top player that plays for one of the best teams in the world and is trained by one of the best coaches in the world.

‘So his current conditions being an Arsenal player are almost superb and almost incomparable. Now, all the options that are being handled, are similar.

ARSENAL TRANSFERS IN

Sead Kolasinac (free, from Schalke), Alexandre Lacazette (£52m, from Lyon)


ARSENAL TRANSFERS OUT

Gabriel (£10m, to Valencia), Chris Willock (free, to Benfica), Yaya Sanogo, Stefan O’Connor, Kristopher da Graca and Kostas Pileas (all released) Glen Kamara (free, to Dundee) Wojciech Szczesny (£10.5m, to Roma), Damian Martinez (loan, to Getafe)

‘To say that he can be nervous about his future is only a metaphoric way to talk about this. All of us would want to have this kind of worry.

‘In many occasions, the decisions don´t depend on one person, there are other interests involved and the player cannot control them. He is at the expense of this decisions.

‘That is why there is a period, that the associations consider logic. August 31 I think. After tomorrow he will know better about this aspect of his career.’

Arsenal reportedly will not sanction the sale of last season’s top scorer unless they can find a suitable replacement with Riyad Mahrez, Thomas Lemar and Julian Draxler all on their radar.

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