Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez want to stay at Arsenal, says Arsene Wenger
ByReuters
Updated 30/03/2017 at 11:05 GMT
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes midfielder Mesut Ozil and striker Alexis Sanchez are keen on extending their contracts beyond the end of next season with the Premier League club.
Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil
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Ozil and Sanchez are holding out for a huge increase in their salary, according to reports, while Wenger has previously said that contract talks are on hold until the end of the season.
Sanchez, who has indicated he would like to see out his contract, is the club's top scorer with 22 goals this season.
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"I personally believe both of them want to stay. I hope the club will find an agreement with them," Wenger told reporters on Thursday.
Calls for Wenger to end his 20-year role have grown louder after Arsenal crashed out of the Champions League in the last-16 for a seventh straight season and lost four of their last five league matches to slide down to sixth.
Wenger is reportedly keen to extend his stay but said his future at the club is far from certain.
"I am very clear in my mind. Do I stay two more years? My commitment will be the same. It does not influence my attitude," Wenger added. "It's a subject that is not sorted completely."
Wenger also rejected suggestions that the uncertainty surrounding his future was causing instability at the club and impacting results.
"No, we won't look for excuses. Results are not what we want. Priority is what happens on the pitch," he said, while backing the introduction of video technology to review decisions in the sport.
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