Sanchez is set to stay

GESTURE AS STAR STAYS

will be here this season, and if we can do it for more seasons, we will do it as well.”

Sanchez could yet feature against Chelsea at Wembley this Sunday in the Community Shield, despite his late return due to flu.

He has rejected a new contract at Arsenal worth around £300,000 a week, but Wenger still hopes he can be persuaded to extend his current deal that runs out next summer.

The Frenchman said: “That is again something that I do not want to come back on. Every negotiation has to be a little bit secret.

“The transparency of society is very pushy but we have to resist a little bit, as much as we can. We know as well we have a duty to inform people, but to talk about some things is not information anymore, it is suicide.”

Wenger also confirmed that misfit striker Lucas Perez can leave the club for £13.4m, with Sevilla, Deportivo La Coruna and Fenerbahce all interested.

He said: “We have a congestion of strikers. I don’t like to lose him because, for me, he’s a top-quality striker, but we have many strikers.”

ARSENE WENGER claims Alexis Sanchez accepts he will not be leaving Arsenal this summer.

Manchester City are refusing to give up hope of signing the Chile star before the window closes.

But Sanchez gave a clear indication of his intentions yesterday by kissing the badge on his Gunners shirt (above) during an open training session in front of 5,000 fans at the Emirates.

After holding talks with the striker, boss Wenger said: “My decision is clear. He will stay and he will respect that. It is as simple as that. I think he