Real Madrid are apparently hoping to steal Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal after admiring him from afar since he joined.

The Chilean has been a revelation since he joined us last season and he doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. He’s one of the best players in the Premier League and it stands to reason that one of the world’s biggest clubs would be interested in him.

I’m sure that one day a team like Real Madrid will come a-knocking. In fact, I’d be more surprised if they didn’t. However, we’re no longer a team who needs to sell our best players. We have the resources and, with time, hopefully success it takes to keep hold of them.

If we want to compete with Europe’s best, selling our strongest players to them isn’t the right way to go about it and Wenger knows this. I don’t see us allowing Alexis to slip through our fingers.