ALEXIS MAY LEAVE ARSENAL AFTER BEING DROPPED AGAINST LIVERPOOL

The former Gunners star believes the Chilean
attacker’s time on the bench on Saturday could
force him to rethink his plans for the future
Arsene Wenger’s decision to leave Alexis Sanchez
out of Arsenal’s starting XI for Saturday’s 3-1
defeat to Liverpool on Saturday could prompt him
to leave, claims Ian Wright.
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The Chile international’s future remains uncertain,
with his contract expiring at the end of next
season and the Gunners’ inability to challenge for
the Premier League title – they sit 13 points
behind leaders Chelsea – and the Champions
League – a 5-1 first-leg defeat to Bayern Munich
to be concluded in midweek – could lead to him
leaving soon.
Although Alexis was forced to watch from the
bench as his side slipped to a two goal deficit
against Liverpool, he emerged for the second half
to set up Daniel Welbeck to pull a goal back
within 12 minutes, but a late goal from Georginio
Wijnaldum killed off Wenger’s men.
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Wenger insisted he had no regrets about leaving
the ex-Barcelona attacker out initially, insisting
he wanted to be direct and physical up front, but
Wright believes the decision could see the player
head for the exit.
“I’d be thinking ‘if I can’t get in this team —
hammered out of the Champions League and not
in the top four — I know there’ll be other teams’,”
Wright told BT Sport.
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“He has nothing to lose now. It was a strange
game to leave him out of, it baffled me.”
Alexis is currently the joint-top goalscorer in the
Premier League with 17 goals, alongside Harry
Kane and Romelu Lukaku, and his nine assists
are only bettered by Christian Eriksen and Gylfi
Sigurdsson – both on 10.