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Arsenal offer Alexis Sanchez £300,000 a week in desperate bid to ward off Manchester City and PSG

ARSENAL have offered Alexis Sanchez a new contract worth £300,000-a-week, according to reports.

In a desperate bid to ward off the likes of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, the Gunners have pushed the boat out in a big way.

 Alexis Sanchez has been offered £300,000 per week to stay at Arsenal
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Alexis Sanchez has been offered £300,000 per week to stay at ArsenalCredit: PA:Press Association
 Arsene Wenger is desperate for Alexis Sanchez to stay at the Emirates
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Arsene Wenger is desperate for Alexis Sanchez to stay at the EmiratesCredit: Rex Features

MailOnline have reported that Sanchez wants at least £300,000 before he even considers hanging around at the Emirates.


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But as yet there is no indication if he will accept this new offer.

Manager Arsene Wenger has remained adamant that he will keep hold of his star man, and has refused to accept he will be sold this summer.

That is despite the 28-year-old only having a year left on his current deal.

Meanwhile Wenger has confirmed Sanchez will not feature in the side’s Premier League opener tomorrow (Friday) against Leicester after picking up an abdominal strain on Sunday morning.

Sanchez was in the stands for Arsenal’s Community Shield shootout win over Chelsea on Sunday, having returned to London Colney to catch up on training.

 Could Alexis Sanchez be waving goodbye to the Arsenal faithful this summer?
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Could Alexis Sanchez be waving goodbye to the Arsenal faithful this summer?Credit: Rex Features
 Alexis Sanchez has cut a frustrated figure at times last season, and his future could lie elsewhere
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Alexis Sanchez has cut a frustrated figure at times last season, and his future could lie elsewhereCredit: PA:Press Association

He has also had an extended period of time off following Chile’s Confederations Cup campaign over the summer.

Wenger was speaking to the media in the first pre-match Premier League press conference of the season.

The Frenchman said: “Sanchez had an abdominal strain he caught on Sunday morning before he came to Wembley.

“He had a scan two days ago and is out for a while. One or two weeks.

“Always for us Alexis Sanchez is a loss.”

 Alexis Sanchez celebrated with an FA Cup last season, their third in four years
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Alexis Sanchez celebrated with an FA Cup last season, their third in four yearsCredit: EPA

However, speculation has been rife Sanchez, 28, will leave the Emirates this summer, even though Wenger has told the player he will have to see out the remaining 12 months of his contract.

According to reports Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are the two clubs in the frame to sign Sanchez, should he leave North London.

Although Dani Alves has reportedly been engineering a reunion with Sanchez after former Barcelona team-mate Neymar joined the Ligue 1 club for a staggering £198million.

Alexis Sanchez - Nicknamed 'The Boy Wonder' he is now the main man at Arsenal

  • Born in Tocopilla, Chile on December 19, 1988
  • Began his career in Chilean club Cobreloa, breaking into the first-team after one year in 2005
  • Signed for Italian club Udinese in 2006 and spent one season on loan at Colo-Colo in his home country, then another at Argentine club River Plate
  • Signed for Barcleona in 2011 in a £23million deal
  • Won La Liga, the Copa del Rey, Supercopa, Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup during three seasons at the Nou Camp
  • Signed for Arsenal in 2014 for £35million
  • Won the FA Cup in 2015 and 2017, as well as the Community Shield in 2014 and 2015
  • Claimed the Cop America Cup in 2015 and 2016
  • Named PFA Fans' Player of the Year in 2015
  • His nickname is El Niño Maravilla, which translates as 'The Boy Wonder'
 Alexis Sanchez will miss the first two games of the Premier League season through injury
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Alexis Sanchez will miss the first two games of the Premier League season through injuryCredit: Rex Features


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