Sanchez, Ozil may move out of Arsenal, but Wenger unfazed

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London, July 31: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes it is an "ideal situation" to have players such as Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil coming towards the end of their contracts.

The likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs also have less than a year to go and all of those players could enter into negotiations with other clubs in the coming months, reported Talksports.

It is the situation regarding key duo Sanchez and Ozil that will be most alarming to Arsenal fans, who will not want to see them leave the Emirates Stadium for free.

Wenger has long suggested that the pair would not be sold this summer even if they fail to agree fresh terms, although Sanchez's immediate future remains in doubt.

The Chile international has yet to return to pre-season training after being handed an extended break following the Confederations Cup.

He was due back at the club's training base on Sunday but his return has been delayed due to flu. "I think in the future you will see that more and more; players going to the end of their contracts," he said.

"Why? Because transfers become so high, even for normal players, that you will see more and more players going to the end of their contract because nobody will want to pay the amount of money that is demanded and I am convinced that in the next 10 years that will become usual."

Asked if he thought it would be an issue, the Frenchman replied: "Not at all. I think it's an ideal situation. Everybody has to perform. "When you are a football player you perform until the last day of your contract. What does it change that you have two years or one year to go? You go out on the football pitch, you want to play and to do well. I don't understand.

"Do you really think that you sit in the dressing room before the game and you think 'Oh, I have only one year to go - I will not play well today'? Where does that come from? When you're a football player you want to go out and play and do as well as you can. What has that to do with the length of your contract? It's a bit amazing."

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