As reported by The Daily Mail, Arsenal have warned the superstar duo of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez that they won’t bow to irrational wage demands as the parties look to come to an agreement on contract renewals.
What’s the word?
Ozil and Sanchez both have deals that see them committed to the club until the summer of 2018 but their future at the Emirates Stadium appears to be in doubt with neither player having signed a new deal at the club.
Now Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick has sent out a warning shot that they will not go beyond rationality when looking to renew their contracts, despite sitting on a massive amount of money.
As quoted by The Mail, the chairman said:
Further work is required in the area of contract renewals and we will continue to invest rationally in our squad retention. As expected, increased Premier League broadcasting revenues have had a direct impact on player costs both in terms of transfer prices and player wage demands. While these are market forces that have contributed directly over time to the success of the Premier League, I would sound a note of caution in light of the very material contractual commitments to future wages that clubs are taking on.
That caution means that the reported wage demands of Ozil and Sanchez, thought to be around £250,000 per week, could well be snubbed by the club and that could spell the end of their stellar Gunners careers.
Should Arsenal push the boat out?
Alexis Sanchez’s contribution to the Arsenal cause this season has been quite unbelievable. With 20 goals and 11 assists in 34 appearances for the club so far this term, he’s become a major contender in the end of year awards. Mesut Ozil has been no slouch either, netting 10 times and contribution 8 assists for the Gunners so far this season.
That kind of form has been absolutely vital to everything good about Arsenal this year and although their campaign has gone off the rails, they’d be in a much worse state than they are without these two.
Is that worth the kind of money reportedly being demanded? Well, if the Gunners have title ambitions any time soon then the answer to that question may be yes.
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