A report on Goal.com claims Sanchez “does not want to play for Arsenal again” after being left fuming by the club’s failure to sell him to City, with a move breaking down after Arsene Wenger failed to convince Thomas Lemar to join the club from Monaco.

Despite concerns that Sanchez is disillusioned with Arsenal, where he has less than one year left on his contract, Wenger says he has no concerns over the player’s mentality.

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Asked if Sanchez was 100% committed to the club, Wenger told beIN SPORTS: “100% - I have no doubt about that

“Your interest is always to perform, you know. He was not very close and it’s very difficult to speak about that because what I want the player now is to focus on his career, on his season and Arsenal Football Club.

“I believe as well, I spoke before about integrity and values, and I always think first, make sure my commitment is at the level which is expected from the people who pay me and have confidence in me and I think on the player’s side it is exactly the same.”

Wenger also confirmed that Lemar turned Arsenal down despite a bid of £92m being made for midfielder – which would have been the biggest signing in English football history.

“Lemar chose to stay at Monaco,” he said. “You have to respect what happens on the negotiation side. I know we live in an era of transparency but at some stage, to respect everybody, you have to not talk too much about that.”

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