Arsene Wenger addresses Alexis Sanchez's fitness and Arsenal's plans for the Europa League. The Europa League isn't a competition Arsenal really want to play in, but it does offer some benefits to Arsene Wenger and his players. The manager has made it clear that the Premier League is his priority and is expected to rest a number of his regular starters in the group-stage opener against Cologne on Thursday. That, however, opens up possibilities for a number of players struggling to break into the Premier League line-up. A good guess is that Wenger mimics his tactics from previous early FA Cup rounds, when he usually plays a number of his first-team backups along with one or two academy...
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