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'It's hard to see Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil both staying if Arsenal finish outside the top four'

'It's hard to see Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil both staying if Arsenal finish outside the top four'

Arsenal fans will, not for the first time in recent years, have found themselves little the wiser on the key issues around the football club after Arsene Wenger’s press conference this morning.

Theoretically scheduled to preview Sunday’s visit of Manchester City Wenger’s recent encounters with journalists have been dominated by two key issues, his contract and the future of star duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

On his own status Wenger was reluctant to be drawn into comments but he did express his confidence that Sanchez, a target for a host of Europe’s top clubs, would stay.

"I think personally he's happy here," Wenger said. "It's true that we have not extended his contract yet. I hope that he will stay at the club but overall I think you have as well to be very cautious when people give interviews in their home countries.

"As you said, the interpretation is not always exactly what they wanted to say. I don't see anything in that - he said he wants to win the championship, that's what everybody wants. I can understand that completely."

Standard Sport’s chief football correspondent James Olley was at London Colney and assessed Wenger’s performance in the video above…