Alexis Sanchez is set to STAY at Arsenal after odds on him joining Manchester City are dramatically cut
The Chile striker is now 4/9 to still be a Gunner when the transfer window closes at 11pm - and punters are piling in
ALEXIS SANCHEZ is set to STAY at Arsenal after the odds on him joining Manchester City were dramatically cut.
Sanchez, 28, is now 4/9 to still be a Gunner when the transfer window closes at 11pm.
The Chile star, rated at £50million, seemed certain to join City, who saw a player-plus-cash bid involving Raheem Sterling knocked back earlier this week.
Yet punters are piling in on Sanchez to stay after Arsenal cooled on Thomas Lemar as a potential replacement.
Sun Bets spokesman Tim Reynolds said: "The whole industry was caught cold by this one.
"He has been odds-on to go to City for days but with the Lemar deal collapsing we now think he will stick it out at the Emirates.
"Anything can happen though and there is some value at 8/5 for there to be a late move and his City deal to go through."
The Gunners have already moved on Calum Chambers, Kieran Gibbs and Lucas Perez.
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Wenger was spotted in Paris earlier on Thursday and it had been thought he was thrashing out a deal with Monaco for £100m-rated Lemar.
Yet that deal hit the buffers with Arsene Wenger thought to have been wary at rushing through a deal which would have more than doubled Arsenal's transfer record.
And now it seems as if Sanchez will see out the remaining 12 months of his contract in North London.
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