Contract negotiations between Alexis Sanchez and Arsenal have stalled after the club refused to offer him more than £180,000 a week. Sanchez’s current contract expires in the summer of 2018 and Arsenal are keen to tie him down to a long-term deal. And the Mail on Sunday claim the club will have to go as high as £10million a year to retain their star man.

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Earlier this week Sanchez broke his silence over the contract wrangle, saying: "It doesn't really depend on me so much as it does the club, if they want to show confidence in me. "I'm very happy at the club, I love it here, I love all the staff, I love all the cooks, I love all the employees who work for us. "I'm very grateful to everybody here and as I say I'm very happy so it depends more on Arsenal. "I really enjoy the relationship with the fans, they come to every game, they fill up the stadium, they're outside the stadium, they are cheering, I really love that. "I want to win and I want to achieve my objectives more for them, so I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League because that’s what the club is missing."

GETTY The Chinese Super League could supposedly offer Sanchez double his money

GETTY Sanchez has 18 months left on his current deal