The
reassuring thing for Arsenal fans
this season is that Mesut Ozil and Alexis
Sanchez have
at least been playing like men who want new contracts, even if those
contracts are comprised of astronomical salary expectations that the
Gunners will probably never pay.
The Standard has
reported that both Emirates superstars are demanding pay parity
with Paul
Pogba,
who doesn’t even play for Arsenal.
The
Frenchman earns £290,000 a week at Manchester
United,
more than double what Sanchez (130k) and Ozil (£140k) currently get,
and he doesn’t even have to pay London prices for stuff.
Ozil
and Sanchez therefore feel they are undervalued by Arsenal’s measly
offer of £200,000 a week, which has lead to an “impasse”.
And an impasse is a perfect moment for an opportunist to pounce. The Metro says Sanchez received a phone call from Pep Guardiola following his hat-trick against West Ham at the weekend, and it wasn’t just to get his views on the retractable seating at the London Stadium.
The
paper says it was a “secret” call designed to “lure” Sanchez
to the Etihad Stadium, where they’d happily pay him what Pogba
earns and probably chuck in a speedboat too.
Arsene
Wenger considers himself above such vulgarity and, perhaps naively,
he believes Sanchez does too.
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