Sanchez 'unhappy' at Arsenal, who get Reus and Pedro boost

Is Arsenal's Chilean star really on the verge of quitting because he is jealous of Santi Cazorla?

Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal
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With concrete transfer news thin on the ground, it is the time of year when a footballer's every utterance is scrutinised for hidden meaning and signs of discontent. And sometimes they don't have to say anything at all for the rumour mill to grind into action:

• Is Alexis Sanchez really injured or is the Chilean hitman too busy weighing up his Emirates future? According to Spanish rag Mundo Deportivo, the Arsenal ace "is ready to quit" north London. Why? That's a question addressed by Metro, which reports that Sanchez is allegedly "unhappy at the attention being received by Santi Cazorla". The Spanish sizzler has scored six goals in his last ten matches, while Sanchez has hit nothing more than a barren spell and as a result Mundo Deportivo claim the South American is ready "to walk". Metro is sceptical of the report but then again who would have imagined at the start of the week that Jack Wilshere and a shisha pipe would ever be mentioned in the same sentence?

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.