Alexis Sanchez appears to have finally made a decision regarding his Arsenal future: he’s changed his shirt number.
The Chilean has been linked with a move away from north London recently.
Reports began to emerge that he was unhappy, wasn’t getting on with Arsene Wenger and even stormed out of the stadium when he was substituted off in the 84th minute against Norwich. With just two years left on the forward’s contract and negotiations over an extension initially thought to be carried out this summer, many were getting itchy feet over whether one of our star players was in fact heading for the exit.
New season, new kit, new number for @Alexis_Sanchez https://t.co/rDf8iC1fXQ pic.twitter.com/H08v8Fyf9B
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 23, 2016
However, in what appears to be a positive step, Alexis has changed his squad number from #17 to #7, taking Tomas Rosicky’s old shirt (hopefully they washed it first). This doesn’t seem to be the action of someone looking to leave at the first chance he gets and could in fact be a display of solidarity from the player and the club.
Watch this space.
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