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Arsenal: Alexis Sanchez Fueling Chelsea Fire Shows Major Weakness
Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez has stated that he wants to stay in London with a winning team, fueling the Chelsea fires and revealing his one major weakness.
It has been a dreadful run for Arsenal of late. A run of three wins in just nine games, two of which are against non-league opposition, and just one win in their last five Premier League games, has seen them drop out of contention for the title, exit the Champions League in humiliating fashion and now face the prospect of ending the year outside the top four for the first time in Wenger’s tenure.
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The issues that they have had have led to engulfing rumours regarding the future of many of their players, primarily Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean will have just one more year remaining on his current deal at the end of the season and has grown increasingly frustrated with life in North London.
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The latest report to surface poses local rivals and league leaders Chelsea as a possible destination. That would be a terrible case for Arsenal, very much like Robin Van Persie and Manchester United in the summer of 2012. Sachez, though, has not exactly poured water on the fire. Speaking after Chile’s 3-0 win over Venezuela, Sanchez revealed that he would like to stay in London but with a ‘winning’ team:
"“I am happy in London and hope to finish my contract there. I’d like to stay in the city but with a team that is winning things, that has a winning mentality. I’m 28 years old, I still have a lot of years ahead of me. I am a player who looks after himself.”"
With such comments, though, Sanchez reveals a key weakness of his. His desperation to win is one of his greatest strengths. However, with it, comes a selfish ambition that often clouds the prospects of the collective. This has been more and more evident in recent weeks and months.
Sanchez has stroppped on the sidelines when taken off, has barked at teammates when he feels they are underperforming, has fought in training, splintering the squad and forcing Wenger to drop him for the first half of the crucial trip to Anfield, and has now added public comments stirring reports that he may join Arsenal’s greatest rivals.
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Sanchez is only happy when winning. While that may seem like a virtue that should be admired and respected, when his team suffers a poor run of form, and that will inevitably happen, Sanchez’s selfish desires consume him, often at the expense of the collective.