Alexis Sanchez: I feel really happy and comfortable at Arsenal but we must win title or Champions League

James Benge17 January 2017

Alexis Sanchez has revealed he feels “really happy and comfortable” at Arsenal but has challenged his team-mates to win silverware.

The Arsenal forward has at times cut a frustrated figure with Arsenal in recent weeks, responding particularly poorly to being substituted in a 4-0 win over Swansea and to his side’s failure to find the winner in a 3-3 draw with Bournemouth.

Both Sanchez, a target for Paris St Germain in the summer, and Mesut Ozil are in the final 18 months of their contracts, with the Chilean though to require more persuading to put pen to paper than his team-mate.

Arsenal’s cause has not been aided by Sanchez admitting to finding life in London “stressful” however they will take heart in the 28-year-old noting, unsurprisingly, that he feels “important” at the Emirates. In 2014 he left Barcelona precisely because he was not valued by the Camp Nou hierarchy, who sold him to make room for Luis Suarez.

However Sanchez has laid down the gauntlet to his team-mates, insisting that Arsenal must win the Premier League or Champions League.

“I definitely feel like an important player, and my team-mates let me know every day,” he told Arsenal's YouTube channel. “I try to prove that I am an important player every day and game after game.

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“I believe we have the players and the quality to win many things. I feel really happy and comfortable at the club. I want to give the fans a new title.

“We always get our fans' support in the thick and thin, which is great. We must win the Premier League or Champions League for them.”

Ozil had much the same to say as Sanchez on Sunday, telling the German football federation website that he was “very comfortable in London”.

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