Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Alexis Sanchez might very well be on his way out of the Emirates within the next 48 hours.
Sanchez was an absentee from the Arsenal squad for Sunday’s Bournemouth game and many reports indicated that this exclusion was a definitive sign that the Chilean was on his way out. And now Wenger has more or less confirmed that Sanchez is going to move out of London.
“Alexis would have played,” Wenger said, after Arsenal defeat at the hands of Bournemouth.
“Alexis would have played, but it’s a difficult period for him.
“He’s always been committed until now but he could have gone yesterday and he could go in the next 48 hours.
“It was difficult for him because he was on standby. That’s why I decided not to do it.
“He did not refuse to play.”
The Gunners boss also indicated to the fact that the club might also be on the lookout for a potential replacement to Sanchez.
“Yes. Look, if Sanchez goes we need to replace him.
“If players like Sanchez go we have of course to respond.
“Will he go or not, I don’t know, but at the moment it’s the transfer period.
“In this kind of period, we try to use the players completely focused on being at the club.
“I don’t master the rhythm of that but it could happen today, tomorrow, or not at all.
“That’s why I didn’t want to travel with him, and then suddenly he could go.”
