Sanchez won't be sold to Premier League rival, insists Arsenal boss Wenger

Arsene Wenger has vowed not to sell Alexis
Sanchez to another Premier League club, with the
Arsenal manager confident the Chilean star will
sign a new deal.
Sanchez's future is far from certain amid an
impasse in contract negotiations with his current
Arsenal deal due to expire in 2018.
Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and
Paris Saint-Germain have been linked with moves
for the 28-year-old, who scored the extra-time
winner against the former as Arsenal advanced to
the FA Cup final on Sunday.
However, Wenger insists there will not be a repeat
of Robin van Persie's move to United when the
Dutch star swapped the Emirates Stadium for Old
Trafford in 2012.
"I don't think that you would sell him to any
Premier League club that is for sure. The question
is more, Why would you sell him to another
[Premier League] club? You want to be as strong as
you can be, and not strengthen the other teams,"
Wenger said.
"I let Van Persie go in the last year of his contract
because Van Persie was 29, going on 30 and he
was signing a long-term contract. That is not the
case with Alexis. I personally think he will sign and
stay here.
"Even if he doesn't sign a new deal, I will make
him stay? Yes. Would I rather keep him than sell to
a Premier League rival? Yes.
"But first of all, he is happy here. His desire is to
stay. That is what I deeply believe.
"The disagreements are more contractual, not on
the desire. Both parties have the desire to find an
agreement, so I think it will happen."
Arsenal - seventh in the table - host Leicester City
on Wednesday.