Now Wenger gets tough on wantaway Sanchez: 'We had 20 years in the Champions League. That's 17 years before he arrived and three years with him. So he can get us back in there...'

Arsene Wenger will not be swayed from a decision to insist the striker honours the final year of his current contract even if he rejects a proposed new deal on offer which is worth more than £300,000 a week. Public remarks from Sanchez about his desire to be involved in Europe's top club competition have fuelled the theory he is trying to bolt for the Emirates Stadium exit before the transfer market closes