Alexis Sanchez has put to bed any rumours that he could be leaving Arsenal.

Although I doubt anyone seriously thought the Chilean was leaving just yet, he recently revealed that he’s actually very happy in north London and a lot of this can be attributed to the fans’ support.

“I am very happy at Arsenal and I’m not thinking about leaving,” he said.

“The unity here between fans, club and players is enormous and the supporters have been fantastic.

“We suffer the defeats and enjoy the ­victories together.”

Despite only signing for us last season, Alexis has already been linked with a move to Manchester City and although there was unlikely to be any substance behind the rumours, considering our history with selling to the Blues, it’s of no wonder that some were getting anxious.

Fortunately now, the 27-year-old has shot down any talk of him leaving and the smiley forward seems to want to be with us for a long time yet.

It’s going to take a while before Arsenal fans stop getting antsy at talk of our best players leaving, particularly for City. We had to deal with it for years and it’s only a recent revelation that we don’t have to do that anymore. Hopefully from now on we can start to feel a little more confident and put our abandonment issues in the past.