ARSENAL NEWS LIVE: All the updates from the Emirates
Saturday September 2
Sanchez legal action
10:50: Manchester City could reportedly sue Arsenal over their failure to sign Alexis Sanchez on deadline day.
Arsenal and City have a a£55million agreement in place at 10am on deadline day but the Gunners were only prepared to let the player go if they secured a replacement.
A £92m bid for Thomas Lemar was accepted by Monaco but Arsenal then said they didn’t have enough time to secure the move.
It means Sanchez will remain at Arsenal for the last year of his contract.
And Chilean newspaper El Mercurio claim City could sue their Premier League rivals because they were told a move would happen.
Sanchez unhappy
10:30: Alexis Sanchez is unhappy at seeing his transfer to Manchester City go up in smoke.
Arsenal failed to sign a replacement for Sanchez in time on deadline day, meaning the Chilean will remain at the club.
Arsene Wenger said of the situation: “Your interest is always to perform and he is 100 per cent committed, I have no doubt about that.
“It’s very difficult for me to speak about what happened because what I want the player to do now is focus on his career, on his season and on Arsenal Football Club.
“I spoke before about integrity and values and I always make sure my commitment is at the level expected from the people who pay me and have confidence in me.
“I think the players’ side is exactly the same.”
Kolasinac settled
10:00: Sead Kolasinac says Granit Xhaka as helped him settle in at Arsenal.
Kolasinac was one of only two summer signings the Gunners made, arriving on a free transfer from Schalke.
“Granit’s made things extremely easy for me,” Kolasinac told Arsenal.com. “When he heard I was signing here, he messaged me and told me to contact him if I ever needed anything.
“He’s made it easy for me to settle and of course I’m happy to have a German speaker like him too.
“After tour we saw each other a couple of times, but he has a wife too and he needs to spend time with her. In the evening or after training, we haven’t seen that much of each other, but that will come when I’m more settled and I’m a bit less stressed.”