Club captain Per Mertesacker has insisted that he is "very confident" Alexis Sanchez will still be an Arsenal player come the end of the summer transfer window. The Chile international's future has been up in the air for a number of months due to his reluctance to sign a new contract at the Emirates Stadium. Sanchez is due to see his current deal expire in a year's time, meaning that the Gunners may be forced to cash in if they do not want to lose him for free next summer. Further doubt was cast on the forward's Arsenal future on Saturday when he gave his biggest hint yet that he wants to leave, but Mertesacker believes that his teammate simply needs time to clear his head before...
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