“It looks like Sánchez will not extend his contract,” Wenger said. “But we want to keep Jack [Wilshere] and if we have an opportunity maybe to keep [Mesut] Özil, the rebuild will be less deep than if all the three left.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/201 ... financial/
Oh wow, so it's taken him this long to realize that?
This whole issue arose because we didn't tie them up to longer-term contracts after their first season at Arsenal. That's what most clubs do. We wanted to save the extra £100k in wages and this is what's resulted.