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Arsenal face the biggest battle of their recent history as they try to hold on to Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez.

The former Barcelona forward has been linked with a move away from the Emirates as contract talks have stalled with the notoriously frugal Arsene Wenger unwilling to loosen the purse strings as simply hand Alexis an extra £70,000 a week to play football.

It has Arsenal fans worried about their star man's future at the club and therefore their club's standing within the game itself.

Sanchez was in training on Friday ahead of the Gunners' FA Cup tie to cup-specialists Southampton, but the Chilean seemed distracted.

While most of us have mentally checked out by the time Friday afternoon rolls round, you would expect the Arsenal players to be completely clued in at this stage of the week.

We didn't go to the Arsenal training ground to watch them in person because it was cold - but we looked at some pictures and it's pretty clear that Sanchez is done with Arsenal.

Sanchez looked absolutely miserable during training on Friday

Here is a photo of a broken man. No one has ever known this pain before.

Just let him leave so he can play with his dogs in a field somewhere outside of the bustling metropolis of London.

No one is safe from his fury

Here we can see the Chilean superstar passive aggressively laughing at a teammate who asked him how we was.

While we can't be certain because we were not there, but we would guess that he is sitting on the ball because he is refusing to train and probably did this for about an hour.

Are Alexis Sanchez's struggles with his jumper a metaphor for his struggles at Arsenal?

Just like Sanchez has failed to get his jumper over his head, Arsenal will fail to get over his departure.

Oh no wait, I thought of a better one! Just like his jumper, Alexis has outgrown Arsenal.

Alexis Sanchez is not smiling in this photo. Look.

Only the most deluded fan would think that this is a picture of Alexis Sanchez smiling. It is not.

Obviously this means he is leaving. You know who else didn't smile sometimes during training? Cesc Fabregas.

Look at him, plotting with Mesut Ozil

The two are no doubt laughing about how upset Arsenal fans will be once they leave.

Here they are obviously scheming how best to break the news. A Twitter DM to the official Arsenal account? A cheeky selfie from the Chelsea changing room? One of those planes dragging a banner that fans hire to fly over their games when they want their manager to be sacked?

This might look like the same photo but it's actually slightly different

Sanchez and Ozil were plotting together for so long that a photographer was able to capture TWO photos of them scheming.

You might think they are the same photo, but if you look closely you'll notice that Mesut Ozil is in a slightly different place. Disgusting.

Finally, Sanchez says goodbye to his teammates

Here we can see Sanchez saying goodbye to Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina, a sure sign that he is leaving the Emirates.

It may look like they are holding hands, but according to our South American culture expert, they are actually "shaking hands", a cultural ritual which is used to both greet a friend and say farewell.

We're sorry Arsenal fans, but Alexis Sanchez is clearly miserable and you should be too. Don't say we didn't warn you.