Alexis’ attitude has been brought up time and time again over the last six months.

According to a report in the Mirror in March, John Cross claimed that the 28-year-old isn’t very popular amongst his Arsenal teammates.

Apparently, the theatrics we saw last season, where he would throw his arms in the air and sulk if he got subbed off were just the tip of the iceberg. After a poor match, he would allegedly have a go at people in the dressing room.

Alexis sounds like a toned-down version of Robin van Persie. Skilled but adept at using loud noises and big gestures to cover up poor personal performances, while taking it out on everyone else and throwing his toys out of the pram.

Martin Keown said something similar regarding the former Barca man’s attitude recently:

“I think he’s a difficult man to manage.

“I did turn up at the training ground once – and it was one of his days off but he suddenly turned up and he was bouncing around the training pitch.

“They were having to facilitate him and put a training session on for him.

“That can be a good thing but he’s a very demanding individual.”

It works.

At times, Arsene Wenger has appeared almost too scared to bench him, even when he looks to be carrying an injury and, from what Keown’s claiming, the boss is always accommodating him. This shows Alexis that he’s able to get his own way if he waves his arms around enough, which, according to the media, is what he’s doing with Arsenal now over a move away.

On the other hand, a report from the Independent, who spoke to the coach who picked Alexis out for the Chile national team at the age of 15 and then went on to manage him at Cobreloa, Jorge Aravena, referred to the forward as ‘very introverted’.

Something else interesting that his former coach said was, “It was always his great ambition to progress, to look for better horizons, for places to better himself and maximise his capabilities.”

This ties in with what the Chilean said regarding his move to Arsenal from Barca.

It seems that Alexis doesn’t like to sit still.

He doesn’t like to feel as if he’s stagnating and constantly wants to be improving. Not as part of a team but individually, which is also shown when he decides to hang onto the ball for about 100 years before laying it off, and that’s only if he has to.

Even if that means leaving his ‘dream’ club, Barcelona, he wants to improve personally. He didn’t feel like he could do that in La Liga and, to be fair, he’s gone from strength to strength since signing for the Gunners three years ago.

Now, potentially once again, he doesn’t see himself developing any further and wants to take the ‘next step’, which, as he’s previously said, is winning the Champions League.

Alexis left Barcelona because he wanted to develop as a player, which he didn’t see happening in La Liga given his inconsistent playing time.

Barcelona were happy to let him leave as they needed the money and he wasn’t really ‘fitting in’ with their style, potentially because of his attitude but that’s just speculation on my part.

The transfer to Arsenal benefited everyone. Alexis become one of the best forwards in Europe that everyone wants to sign, and Barca’s bank account breathed a – slight – sigh of relief ahead of them signing Suarez.

The move was completed within one week.

Completely the opposite to his current situation with the Gunners, which suggests it’s all bulls**t, which I doubt, or that he’s gotten too big for his boots with someone in his ear.