Former Arsenal player turned Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson believes that the club should have sold Alexis Sanchez this summer.
As per his column on Sky Sports, Merson says that the Gunners could have sold the player and reinvested the money into strengthening the rest of the squad.
The Sky Sports pundit questions why the club would sanction a deal that saw Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain leave for Liverpool, but not sell Sanchez as well.
They needed to buy defenders and they haven’t done it. As we saw against Liverpool the other day, they just aren’t good enough.
I’d have sold Alexis Sanchez all day long. I doubt they’ll get in the top four and they’ll lose the £50m they would have got for him when he leaves for free. I think £35m for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is good money, but if they’re letting him go then why not let Sanchez go as well?
Sanchez was embroiled in one of the transfer stories of the summer with Manchester City chasing a deal to sign the player.
Arsenal stood firm in their decision not to sell the player, despite the Chilean being in the final year of his contract at the club.
If reports are to be believed, Manchester City were offering something in the region of £60 million for Sanchez, who wanted to join Pep Guardiola’s side.
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