Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that selling Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United will be 'less painful' than losing Robin van Persie to the same side. Sanchez is widely expected to follow Van Persie in making the switch between the English top-flight rivals, three-and-a-half years after arriving from Barcelona in a £35m deal. Wenger believes that the Chile international's exit is easier to take, though, as he was not one of the Gunners' home-grown players in the mould of fan favourite Van Persie, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan will also move the opposite way to further soften the blow. "We took Van Persie when he played in the reserve team at Feyenoord. We made a long work with...
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