19 August, 2017
Arsenal will be looking to win their opening two games to a Premier League season for the first time since 2009-10. I will fight for them to stay. "We want (Sanchez) to be with us, Chelsea does not".
Wenger went on to explain that players should respect their contracts, adding: "It looks unusual to the media sometimes that clubs want contracts to be respected".
The Frenchman is ready to keep Sanchez whether or not he signs a new deal and expects his "hunger index" to remain high.
Asked for an update on Sanchez's contract situation ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Stoke City, he said: 'We have not progressed on that front.
The forward remains keen on leaving the Gunners but is said to respect Wenger's decision to deny him an exit this summer.
"In the a year ago, he has made huge progress and personally I want him to stay here for a long time".
'In this case, I prioritise the sporting side'.
And Wenger again rejected comparisons with the situation Diego Costa is experiencing with Chelsea.
"I have never had an opportunity like this here so I am very happy to have the chance to show what I can do", said Jese, who failed to impose himself at PSG after signing from Real Madrid a year ago.
Those wages are probably the going rate for a player of the Ox's calibre and furthermore, they would still be under half of what Sanchez is requesting.
Sanchez was Arsenal's standout player in a hard 2016/17 campaign - he scored 24 goals in the Premier League, created 78 chances and was successful with 68 per cent of the take-ons that he attempted.
Holding midfielder Francis Coquelin will also be in the squad after playing for the U23s on Monday with Wilshere, who is not expected to play.
Wenger revealed Perez could leave the club before the window, due to the number of options he has in attack.
Wenger, who signed a new contract of his own after Arsenal salvaged a disappointing last season by beating Chelsea in the FA Cup final, said he agreed with the likes of Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp that the transfer window should close prior to the season beginning, rather than August 31, as is now the case.
Wilshere is yet another player who has less than a year on his contract and was loaned out to Bournemouth last season as his opportunities in north London were limited. "That doesn't look normal", he said.
"And for the psychological comfort of the manager and the focus".
